Walcott Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get real about the next couple of weeks. It’s a tough stretch for waves, plain and simple. We’re looking at a long, drawn-out period of small, messy surf ahead. The first week and a half is basically a write-off for any proper rides. You’ll see tiny, short-period lumps, mostly under 3ft, and a lot of wind-affected chop. The swell energy is weak, with readings often in the double digits (like 22 or 38), which tells you there just isn’t any power in the water.

The only real highlight in the first week is a short window early on. Sunday morning, the 9th, there’s a clean, glassy feel with a light offshore breeze, but it’s ankle-biters at 0.3ft. Not worth the wetsuit. The rest of the week is cross-shore junk and building wind. Thursday the 14th has a glassy morning, but again, it's tiny and weak (12).

We finally see a pulse of northwest swell showing up around Saturday the 15th, pushing the size up to 4ft, but the wind is onshore and howling at 30 km/h, making it lumpy and poor. That trend continues into Sunday the 16th with onshore winds. It’s not what you want.

Now, here’s the bright spot. After that, the wind finally swings around. Monday the 17th, we get a clean, moderate offshore breeze from the southwest, and there’s a small, clean 2ft wave. It’s not big, but it’s clean. The standout, though, is Tuesday the 18th. The afternoon has a glassy, calm wind, with a 2ft swell from the north at a longer 7-second period. The energy is still low (31), but it’s the cleanest, most rideable conditions we’re going to see in this whole window. Walcott (Norfolk) is the spot to be.

After that, the wind goes onshore again and it gets messy and small once more. The second week turns ugly, with fresh onshore winds and very little swell. It fades to almost nothing by the 22nd and 23rd, with the energy dropping to single digits (3, 4). It’s a bleak outlook, to be honest.

Given the poor quality, strong winds, and the fact that Walcott is a beach setup, this might be a better fortnight for the kite surfers than us paddle surfers. For now, the only real call is that Tuesday afternoon session on the 18th. It’s small, but it’ll be clean. Don’t hold your breath for anything else.

There’s no sign of any real swell, and the long-range stuff is just a hope. It tends not to stay this poor forever, but this is looking like a proper flat spell.

Rusty.

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