Venus Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right folks, Rusty here. We’ve got Venus Bay on the radar for the next 16 days, and it’s a real mixed bag. There’s some quality on the horizon, but you’ll have to be patient and pick your moments.

The big story is the extended wait. There’s no good surf on offer right now and the first decent opportunity doesn’t pop up until Sunday morning the 6th. After that, there’s a run of clean, rideable days before a long stretch of windy, blown-out junk kicks in from the 13th onwards. So, it’s basically a one-week window you need to focus on.

Venus Bay is a reef setup here, and it’s a consistent beginner-plus spot. Water temp is sitting around 60°F with a near-zero anomaly, so pretty average for this time of year, nothing wild. The optimum swell direction is from the SW, and that’s exactly what we’re getting for the most part.

The absolute standout is Sunday morning, September 6th. We’ve got a solid 5ft SW groundswell ticking in with a period of 14 seconds, and it’s paired with a clean, glassy offshore ENE breeze at 9 mph. The combined energy is strong at (1338). This is going to be clean. The only catch is that ENE is technically offshore, so for a reef break, it should be peeling nicely. This is the one to circle. Just a heads up, the crowds are *sometimes* an issue here, so get in early if you want a peak to yourself.

Monday the 7th is a fade. You’re dropping to a 3ft SW swell, but it stays clean and cross-offshore. It’s small but clean enough for a longboard or a foamie.

Then we get another solid pulse on Tuesday morning, September 8th. Swell builds back up to 5ft from the SW with a very long period of 17 seconds. The wind is a light cross-off from the ESE at 9 mph, and the combined energy is (1676). This is excellent, experienced stuff. That long period will bring heaps of energy, but it might make it a bit straighter off the beach. For a reef, it should be gold.

Wednesday the 9th sees the swell building, but the wind picks up to a strong breeze. The combined energy hits (3272) on the morning, but it’s marginal at best due to the wind. You’d need to be a local to know if the banks can handle that SSE wind.

The run of clean options fades fast. From Thursday the 10th onwards, it’s cross-offshore winds but the swell remains in the 4ft to 5ft range. Then from Sunday the 13th, the wind goes onshore and we are looking at strong breeze, or even near gale conditions from the 15th. The swell sticks around but the quality goes out the window. By the 14th and 15th, it’s onshore slop with 6ft to 6ft SW swell. It’s a write-off for paddle surfing.

So to sum it up: Saturday the 5th is a washout. Sunday the 6th, Tuesday the 8th, and maybe Friday the 11th are your windows. After that, it’s a long dry spell of onshore junk until the end of the period.

Stay frosty,
Rusty

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