Watermans Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, surfers, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the coming swell window for Watermans. The good news is there's plenty of action on the way, but we’ve got to pick our moments. The water is sitting at 64°, feeling a bit colder than normal for this time of year – about 3°F below where we’d usually be, so grab a thicker spring suit.

We kick things off on Thursday the 30th with a smaller, longer-period groundswell pushing in. We’re looking at a 4ft SW swell with a period of 16 seconds. That’s proper groundswell, giving some nice shape, but with a gentle cross-shore wind blowing in the morning, it’s not going to be perfect. On offer but not a standout by any means.

Things start to really build on Friday the 31st. The swell pushes up to 6ft from the WSW, still with that long 16-second period, though the wind stays tricky. It’s a bit of a wait for the quality.

However, our first real standout window comes on Sunday afternoon. The swell is a solid 7ft from the WSW (13-second period) and the wind goes light and cross-offshore from the NNE. It’s clean, with only moderate wave energy (1370), but the conditions are excellent for experienced surfers. This is the pick of the first week.

Looking into the new week, things ramp up considerably. Tuesday the 4th sees the swell jump to 8ft from the WSW with a very long 18-second period in the morning. That kind of period means real power, but at a beach setup it can be a bit tricky. The combined swell energy is a hefty 4385, so there’s plenty of water moving.

The absolute standout, the session to circle on your calendar, is Wednesday the 5th. We’ve got 8ft of WSW swell with a 16-second period, combined with light, cross-offshore winds from the SE in the morning. The conditions are clean, the energy is strong (3329), and the forecast is excellent for experienced surfers. This is the one.

Thursday the 6th is another classic. 8ft from the WSW and the wind drops to absolutely glassy (0 mph) in the morning. It doesn’t get any cleaner than that. For the experienced crew, this is world-class, with excellent conditions.

After that, we get a bit of a wild one on the 7th and 8th. The swell blows out to a massive 10-13ft from the WSW, but the wind goes onshore and strong. That’s big, lumpy, and poor – definitely not paddle-surfing territory. That’s more for the kiters.

Things settle back down on Sunday the 9th. A cleaner 7ft from the WSW with light NE cross-off winds makes for some excellent lines for the experienced, and then Monday the 10th sees a 6ft SW swell with a 16-second period and light offshore ENE winds. Clean, fast, and fun.

We wrap up the forecast window with a real bang. Wednesday the 12th brings exceptional conditions for experts. An 8ft WSW swell at 17 seconds, delivered with light cross-offshore winds from the SSE. The energy is massive at 5989, and the forecast is exceptional. If you’ve got the skill, that’s your morning.

And on Thursday the 13th, we get one more go at it: a 8ft WSW swell with 16-second period and glassy conditions in the morning. That’s a perfect reward for anyone sticking it out to the end of the run.

So, to sum it up – there’s a few dud days of small/onshore conditions early on, but from the middle of next week onward, Watermans is looking firing. The two absolute standouts are Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th for the clean, powerful sets. After a bit of a messy spell, we get another round of quality on the 12th and 13th.

Stay stoked, choose your windows wisely, and I’ll catch you in the lineup.

Rusty

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