Walkers Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a hard look at the next couple of weeks for our patch. Honesty is the best policy, so I’ll give it to you straight.

Well, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – this 16-day window is a rough one. We’ve got a long, painful gap right at the start. From now through to the 15th of September, it’s a total write-off. The wind is hammering out of the east at 19 mph or more, ripping straight across the face of the swell, and we’re stuck with weak, crumbly lines. Forget about it. It’s a full week of fresh cross-onshore junk.

The first sniff of anything different comes on Wednesday the 16th of September. There’s a big pulse of energy hitting with a combined swell energy of 1111, which is strong, but there’s a major problem. The swell is pumping up to 10 ft out of the east, and that is far too much juice for the setup here. The report warns it’s predicted to be too big for this break. With a moderate cross-shore wind and a short, punchy 8-second period, this is only for the absolute top-tier experts, and even then, it’s going to be a wild, dangerous washing machine. For the rest of us, we stay on the sand and watch. That’s the only real standout, but it’s a highly conditional one.

After that blip, we’re back into the same old story. From the 16th afternoon right through to the 24th, it’s more of the same relentless cross-onshore easterlies. The swell hangs around between 3 ft and 7 ft, but the wind keeps it fat, lumpy, and chopped to pieces. There’s no clean window. There’s no glassy morning. There’s no proper wave to paddle for. Honestly, if you’re purely into surfing, this is a painful two weeks to be in the water. The only positive is that for this stretch, the combined energy drops from moderate to weak (144 to 636), making it look more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer. But for a regular surfer? It’s a blank run, and for this area, that’s just how it goes sometimes.

Rusty.

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