Venus Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it.

The next stretch is a bit of a mixed bag. We’ve got a run of small, clean surf early on, but the wind and the swell are going to be fighting each other for a few days. The smart money is on hanging tight for the back half of the window, when things line up properly.

The first real window is Thursday morning, the 6th. Venus Bay (Venus-Bay) will have a clean 3ft of southwest swell. The wind is light and offshore, so it should be glassy. The energy is moderate (445), and the 16-second period means it’ll have some push. It’s not huge, but it’ll be clean and fun for a beginner-plus wave. Water temp is 59°, which is about average for this time of year.

Friday the 7th has a touch more size, 5ft, and the wind is offshore but fresh. The energy jumps into the strong range (1514). It’s got more power, but the cross-off wind can make it a bit tricky. The morning is your best bet before the afternoon cross-shore kicks in.

Then the weekend and early next week go a bit wild. The wind swings onshore and howls, and the swell builds to 10ft on Sunday the 9th. That’s a lot of water moving around, with energy readings up around 3816. It’s way too big and messy for anything but maybe a kite, honestly. The conditions stay poor through Monday and Tuesday the 11th, with strong onshores and lumpy, raw surf.

We’re looking at a few days of waiting it out. It’s not until Thursday the 13th that things start to clean up. The wind drops, and we get a solid 6ft of southwest groundswell with a 16-second period. The energy is still strong (1963), and the morning is clean. This is where it starts to get interesting.

The standout is Friday the 14th. The swell is 6ft from the southwest, with an 18-second period. That’s a proper, long-period groundswell. The wind is light and offshore all day, both morning and afternoon. The energy is pumping at around 2700. This is the pick of the window. The reef at Venus Bay will be handling this well. It’s going to be clean and powerful. Saturday the 15th is also very good, with similar size (6ft) and a morning offshore wind. The energy is still strong (2431). These two days are the ones to plan for.

After that, the swell backs down a bit. Sunday the 16th is a cleaner, smaller 4ft, and the wind is offshore in the morning. It’s a good, fun wave but not a patch on the previous days. The week after that, things get inconsistent. There’s some small surf on the 17th and 18th, but it’s nothing special. The long-range stuff for the 18th and 20th shows some promise, with a 5ft swell and clean conditions on the morning of the 20th, but it’s a week and a half out, so you take it with a grain of salt.

So, in short: ride the small clean waves on Thursday the 6th, but the real gold is Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th. That’s the best combination of size, wind, and quality we’re going to see. Don’t bother with the weekend in between.

Rusty.

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