Waverly Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s coming our way.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you: there’s a long stretch of near-dud conditions on the cards. We’ve got a whole 12 days of marginal to poor surf ahead before we even see anything worth paddling out for. The first real glimmer doesn’t show up until Sunday the 20th of September, and even that is just the start of something a little better.

For the first week or so, the swell is tiny – we’re looking at ankle to knee-high stuff mostly, with the occasional 3 ft reading that gets chopped up by unfriendly winds. The energy readings are weak, barely cracking into double digits most days, let alone hitting the hundred mark. For example, Wednesday the 9th afternoon sees a 3 ft swell from the south with a super short period of 5 seconds, and a combined energy of just 53 – that’s weak and bumpy. Thursday the 10th afternoon drops to 2 ft but at least gets a light offshore breeze, giving you clean but tiny surf. There are a handful of clean mornings with light offshore breezes, like Tuesday the 8th morning, but with only 0.7 ft on offer, there’s just no power.

The real standout, the only time I’d really recommend getting wet, is the morning of Sunday the 20th of September at Waverly. The forecast shows a clean, glassy morning with a 4 ft south swell. The combined energy jumps up to 169 (moderate wave energy), which is the strongest reading in the whole window. The period is a short 6 seconds, so it’ll be a bit sectiony, but with glassy conditions and that bit of extra height, it’s your best shot. The crowd situation is listed as “sometimes,” so you might have some company, but the water temperature is a notable 78°, which is over 6° warmer than usual for this time of year. That’s a really unusual warm spell for Waverly, so the water will feel like a bath.

That Sunday morning is your window. The rest of the period is either too small, too windy, or both.

Rusty.

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