Walkers Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s cut to the chase.

Honestly, looking at the next 16 days, there's a whole lot of nothin’ for us here at Walkers. The surf is gonna be on offer, sure, but it’s going to be a battle against the wind the entire time. There's no real clean window to speak of, and it's a long stretch of poor surf conditions. We're looking at a run of onshore and cross-onshore winds, mostly from the east, which is going to leave the place lumpy and chopped up. Don't get too excited, because there are no standouts in this period.

The forecast for the rest of this week and into the weekend is pretty grim. We've got swell around 5ft to 7ft for the most part, but that period is a weak, short-period 8 seconds or less. That's just windswell, and with the fresh easterly breeze on it, it's gonna be messy. The combined energy is moderate, like 461, but it's not directed here well and the conditions are just poor. For Thursday the 10th we see a storm risk, with a 6ft swell from the ENE (461). By Friday the 11th, it bumps up to 7ft, but that wind is still howling at 35 km/h, making it useless. Saturday and Sunday stay in that same grove, with moderate energy readings between 355 and 388, but all cross-on, all messy.

This pattern looks set to continue all through the next week. From Monday the 14th through to about Wednesday the 16th, the swell drops a little, down to 5ft or 5ft, and the energy weakens a bit. The wind may ease at times to a moderate 25 km/h breeze, but it never goes offshore or even glassy. It's just a constant stream of choppy, lumpy surf. The period drops to 7 seconds from the 14th onwards, making those waves even weaker and more disorganized. There’s a bit of a bump expected on the 17th, with 6ft of swell (435) but that’s paired with a risk of thunderstorms and a fresh 35 km/h wind, so it's not going to save us.

As we head into the final week, things start to die down. The 19th through to the 22nd sees the swell ease back to 5ft, and then down to 2ft by the 21st and 22nd, with the energy weakening to under 191. That’s pretty weak stuff, and still with that onshore wind. The final days, the 23rd to the 25th, show a little pulse of 5ft to 6ft energy, but the period is a junky 6 to 7 seconds and the wind remains cross-on. We are just not getting a clean day out of this entire 16-day stretch.

So, there you have it. It’s a frustrating outlook, no two ways about it. The swell is there, but the conditions are consistently bad. We’d be better off with the kites out than a surfboard. I wouldn’t be calling in sick for this one. The long-range part of the forecast, for the 25th, is promising a little more size, but unless the wind swings, it's still going to be a mess. Keep the hopes low and the wax in the shed for a while yet.

Stay salty.

Rusty

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