Twilight Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at this stretch coming up for Twilight Beach.

Right off the bat, the first few days are a write-off. Saturday the 1st is a complete mess with fresh cross-onshore winds and lumpy surf, nothing doing. The water temp is sitting at 62°F, which is pretty much average for this time of year.

Now, Sunday the 2nd is where it starts to get interesting. The morning is looking magic – glassy conditions, a solid 10ft SSW groundswell rolling in with a period of 14 seconds. That's a fair bit of energy, and the offshore wind from the SE will have those lines clean. This is for experienced surfers only though – at 10ft it's too big for beginners. The afternoon gets a bit choppy with a cross-on breeze kicking in.

Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th are pretty marginal – the swell drops a touch and the wind isn't doing us any favours, with lumpy cross-shore conditions. Not worth rushing for.

The standout window is from Wednesday the 5th through to Thursday the 6th. Wednesday afternoon is glassy again with 8ft SSW swell and a 16-second period – that’s a beautiful, long-period groundswell that will wrap in nicely. Then Thursday morning is the real gem: offshore winds from the north, 10ft of SW swell and a 17-second period. That is prime, clean, powerful surf. Best on offer for the whole 16 days.

Friday the 7th morning gets smashed by a strong breeze and rain, so that's out, and Friday afternoon the swell is predicted to be too big for this break at 12ft – really only for the brave.

The weekend of the 8th and 9th is pure chaos. Huge, messy swell with gale-force winds. Saturday has a 13ft swell, Sunday is even bigger at 21ft. That’s way beyond normal surf. Stick to watching.

Monday the 10th the swell is still huge at 13ft, but at least it's clean with cross-offshore winds. Only for experts, and even then, it’s intimidating.

Tuesday the 11th is blown out again with strong cross-onshore winds.

We finally get a bit of calm back on Wednesday the 12th and Thursday the 13th. Wednesday morning has a clean 10ft SSW swell with light onshore winds – still a big wave but more manageable. Thursday morning is a good one: offshore from the NE, 7ft SSW swell, and a 15-second period. Clean and powerful.

Friday the 14th is another solid day – offshore north winds, 7ft swell, long period. That’ll be clean and lined up.

The last few days, Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th, fade out. Saturday has a smaller 6ft swell with offshore winds, but Sunday is back to messy cross-on winds and rain.

So to wrap it up: Thursday the 6th morning and Wednesday the 5th afternoon are the absolute best bets – glassy or offshore, solid groundswell, and good period. For the pros, Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th mornings are also solid.

If you can only paddle out once, make it Thursday morning the 6th.

Rusty.

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