Weld Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here.

Alright, we’ve got Weld Road as the only real show in town for the next couple of weeks. This is a reef break, so it needs a decent swell to get cranking, and boy, is it going to get one. The water temp is sitting at 57°F which is about average for this time of year, nothing to write home about.

The week kicks off a little average. Wednesday the 9th is a write-off with a small 4ft WSW swell (671 energy) and a cross breeze. Thursday the 10th is messy too, with onshore winds, though the swell bumps up to 7ft to 8ft. It’s not until Thursday afternoon that we see a clean-up with a cross-offshore breeze on the 8ft WSW swell (3485 energy), but it’s still only a marginal call.

Now, Friday the 11th is where it gets serious. We’ve got a monster 13ft WSW swell rolling in with a 19-second period – that’s a very long period groundswell (12706 combined energy). The wind is light and cross-offshore, so it’ll be clean. But this is a reef, and that size is for experts only. This is a standout, but you’ve got to be experienced. Saturday the 12th is even bigger at 18ft (14282 energy) with a clean cross-offshore breeze, again only for the brave. Sunday the 13th stays massive at 15ft (11501 energy) with the same clean wind.

This huge swell drops a bit by Monday the 14th, with a 10ft WSW swell (4097 energy) and a 15-second period, still cross-offshore. This is excellent for experienced surfers, but it’s still big. The break can get crowded sometimes, so get in early.

We see a lull in the quality from Tuesday the 15th through to Wednesday the 16th, with choppy conditions and less consistent waves. Winds get strong again from Thursday the 17th with another pulse of 12ft to 13ft WSW swell, but winds are messy until the afternoon clean-up. Friday the 18th is another day of onshore junk in the morning, followed by a clean, big 12ft swell in the afternoon (6186 energy).

The second week is all about size and wind. Saturday the 19th has a solid 10ft cross-shore swell, but it’s lumpy, so not the best. Sunday the 20th is a write-off with strong onshore winds. There’s a glimmer of hope on Monday the 21st when we see a 6ft to 5ft WSW swell and clean, light cross-offshore winds – expect very good conditions then, but it’s on the smaller side.

Tuesday the 22nd has a 10ft swell but a cross breeze, so it’s not clean. The final few days, Wednesday the 23rd to Thursday the 24th, see more big, long-period swell (10ft to 12ft) but with onshore or cross-onshore winds, so it’s a rough, messy picture.

Overall, the absolute standout is the Friday the 11th to Monday the 14th window. That’s the clean, big, powerful groundswell at Weld Road. It’s one for the experts only, but if you’ve got the skills and the board for it, it’s going to be a ripper.

Rusty.

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