Turtles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, mate, Rusty here. Let’s have a proper look at what’s coming down the line for Turtles. It’s a bit of a mixed bag, so let’s wade through it.

The immediate forecast has us waiting for the ocean to get its act together. We’re looking at a few days of messy, wind-affected surf before the conditions we actually want show up. For the first stretch, from Thursday the 10th through the middle of next week, the swell is there, but the wind is going to make things proper ugly. We’ve got moderate to fresh cross-onshore breezes chopping things up, and the odd strong one on the weekend. There will be waves, but they’ll be lumpy and hard to love. You’d be fighting it more than surfing it.

Now, looking ahead. The standout window is the morning of Thursday, the 17th of September. This is where things click. The swell drops slightly to about 6ft from the WSW, but the wind swings around to a light offshore from the NNW. The water is going to be glassy. This is a proper clean session on an advanced reef, so you’ll need your wits about you, but the quality will be there. The energy is strong. It's a window you don't want to sleep through.

Then, into the following week, we’ve got another interesting one. The morning of Friday, the 25th, looks clean again with a cross-offshore breeze. The swell is smaller, around 3ft, but it’s coming from the west with a long 20-second period. That’s some proper groundswell energy traveling a long way, and it’ll wrap in nicely. It’s a good call for a longboard or a step-up in the quiver.

There’s a big bonk of swell on Sunday the 20th – pushing 10ft – but the wind is onshore and the period is short, so it’s going to be a serious, unruly mess. That’s expert-only territory, and even then, it’ll be challenging. For anyone else, it’s a day to watch from the cliff.

The first few days will be a write-off, a good time to get the gear sorted. But that Thursday morning the 17th, and that Friday the 25th, are the ones to circle. They’re not certainties this far out, but they’re bloody promising.

Alright, stay sharp.

- Rusty

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