Twilight Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here, and I’ve been staring at the charts for our stretch of coast. Let me tell you, the next couple of weeks are a proper mixed bag. There’s plenty of energy out there in the ocean, but for a while, it’s just too much of a good thing. The first real surfable window doesn’t arrive until the 15th of August, so we’ve got a solid week of waiting and watching the chaos unfold before things settle down enough to paddle out.

The initial days are all about massive, untamed swell. We have the water temp sitting at 61.5°F, which is about average for this time of year. The big issue is the wind. A near gale whipping through on the 8th kicks up a 16.4ft swell, and the combined energy is reading a full 10112 – that’s a serious amount of power. That swell is just going to be a wall of whitewater, brutal and blown-out. It’s not surfable, it’s survival. Honestly, with that kind of wind and size, it’s looking more like a kiteboarding day than anything you’d want to take a paddle out into. That huge energy keeps building, too, hitting 18040 on the 9th with a 16.4ft swell. It’s all massive, but the onshores just kill any chance of a clean wave. This carries on through the 11th, where we see a 19.7ft swell with a 20040 energy reading, but again, it’s messy and cross-onshore. There’s no hiding from it.

We do see a bit of a drop on the 12th and 13th, down to 13.1ft, but the cross-shore winds chop it all up. The forecast notes say the tide and wind are fine, but the wave is just too big for this break. It’s a frustrating pattern, all that power and nowhere clean to put it. Finally, on Thursday the 14th, the morning looks interesting. The swell eases to 11.5ft, and we get a light cross-offshore breeze from the NE at only 5 km/h. That’s clean, but still, the size is pretty heavy, and it’s pushing the limits.

But the standout, and I mean the real standout of this whole stretch, is Saturday the 15th in the afternoon. We get a drop to 6.9ft of SSW swell, with a solid 16 second period. The wind goes light and cross-off from the ENE, and the comment is “excellent surf conditions for experienced surfers.” It’s going to be glassy, clean, and have some real push to it. The energy is a moderate 1997. This is the day to clear your schedule. It might not be giant, but it’s got the right combination of size, direction, and wind. The morning of the 16th keeps the quality with 5.6ft and a fresh offshore, and the 17th looks even better with clean, moderate offshore winds, also around 5.2ft. These are the days to be out there, no doubt.

The wave size starts to build again on the 18th, hitting 9.8ft by the afternoon, but it’s clean offshore. That’s looking like a solid, powerful day for the more experienced crew. The 19th brings the onshores back and chops things up, and by the 20th and 21st, the winds turn messy and the quality drops right off. So, to sum it up: wait out the huge, blown-out swell of the first week, and absolutely be in the water on Saturday the 15th. That’s the one.

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