Wategos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve gotta be straight with you – this next fortnight is a tough one for us at Wategos. The models are showing a whole lot of nothing for the first five days, with tiny, useless 0.3ft windswell and wonky wind, so you can leave the board in the car until at least Saturday the 19th.

Alright, so Saturday morning the 19th of September is where it finally gets a little interesting. We’ve got the first real pulse of swell showing up – a 3ft southeasterly with a 10-second period, pushing a combined energy of 179 (moderate wave energy). The kicker is the wind: dead calm and glassy. You won’t see a ripple on the water. It’s a point break so that long 10-second period is going to wrap in nicely, and with it being a beginner-friendly wave, this is the window for the learners and longboarders to get a few clean ones. The water temp is 70°F, pretty average for this time of year.

The arvo on Saturday gets a bit choppy as a gentle cross-onshore comes in, so stick to the morning session. Sunday morning the 20th stays glassy but the swell drops right off to 1ft and the energy tanks to 27 (weak), so it’s not really worth the paddle.

Then we hit a proper gap. From Sunday arvo all the way through to Tuesday arvo the 22nd of September, it’s mostly tiny or onshore junk. Tuesday arvo the 22nd shows a small blip of 2ft southeasterly with a 12-second period (moderate offshore wind) and energy of 82 (weak), but honestly, it’s still very ordinary.

The next sniff of anything rideable is Thursday the 24th of September. Thursday morning brings a 4ft southeasterly swell, short 6-second period, and a combined energy of 115 (moderate). There’s a light cross-offshore breeze keeping it clean, but that short period means it’ll be soft and crumbly. It’s surfable, but don’t expect any barrels.

From there it gets messy again. The second week is a bit of a write-off. We’ve got consistent swell height around 3ft to 5ft from the east and east-northeast, but the wind is relentlessly cross-onshore and onshore, churning it up into messy, choppy conditions. The energy values climb to 290 (strong wave energy) on Wednesday the 30th, but that’s not a good thing here – it’s just a lumpy, blown-out mess with a 5ft swell. That’s too big for beginners and the wind is ruining it for everyone else. At a point break, with that much cross-onshore wind, it’s going to be a bumpy battle.

Honestly, the best bet in this whole 16-day outlook is that one glassy Saturday morning the 19th of September. For a point break that’s usually consistent, this is a lean run, but forecasts can change. For now, I’d wait for that dawn patrol.

Rusty.

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