Wategos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you: it’s gonna be a quiet stretch around Wategos for a good while. There’s a solid gap of several days with next to nothing worth paddling out for. We’re looking at Saturday the 11th as the only real window of hope, and even then, it’s a short-lived little pulse.

Saturday morning at Wategos is pretty underwhelming. You’ve got a weak 3ft swell out of the ESE, with a decent 13-second period, but the combined energy is weak (192). Water temp is sitting at 69°, which is just about average for this time of year. The wind is cross-off from the SW at 6 mph, keeping things clean, but the waves are just ordinary. The real bright spot is Saturday afternoon. The wind drops right out to glassy, just 3 mph from the NE, and the swell lifts a touch to 4ft from the ESE, with the period staying at 12 seconds. The combined energy jumps to moderate (399), and conditions look genuinely good. That’s your best bet for the whole 16 days – a clean, glassy, fun-sized session.

After that, it all falls apart. Sunday the 12th through to Thursday the 17th morning, it’s mostly tiny, weak, or just plain poor. Swell drops below 2ft, wind swings around, and there’s nothing to get excited about. There’s a run of days with almost no surfable energy.

Then, come Friday the 17th, things get big – real big, but not in a good way for most of us. We get a solid 12ft swell from the SE, with a 10-second period, pumping strong wave energy (2358). But the wind is howling 15-18 mph cross-off from the SSE, and that kind of size at Wategos is only for the experienced crew. It stays big and messy right through Saturday the 18th.

The real standout for the expert surfers is Sunday the 19th. Swell drops to a still-strong 10ft from the ESE, period holds at 11 seconds, and the combined energy is very strong (1701). Wind is a gentle 9 mph cross-off from the SSE, keeping it clean. Conditions are excellent for experienced surfers. That’s the pick of the second week, but keep in mind it’s a long-range call – promising but not locked in. Monday the 20th backs off to a much friendlier 6ft from the ESE, with light winds and clean conditions – still solid but more manageable.

After that, the pulse fades fast. From Tuesday the 21st onward, it’s back to small, weak surf, with mostly 2ft to 4ft ENE or ESE swell and ordinary conditions. A few days with glassy or offshore wind, but the size just isn’t there.

So, bottom line: if you can get out Saturday afternoon on the 11th, that’s your window for clean, fun waves. If you’re an experienced surfer, Sunday the 19th is worth circling on the calendar, but expect big, powerful sets. The rest is a waiting game.

Rusty.

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