Whipsiderry Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’ve got a look at the surf outlook for Whipsiderry.

Honestly, mate, it’s a bit of a flat and fickle run for the next couple of weeks. We’re staring at a long stretch of small, weak, and mostly blown-out conditions with very little to get excited about. There’s a big gap of days where I wouldn’t even bother paddling out, and the few moments that look okay are just that – okay.

Let’s start from the beginning of the forecast window. The first day, Tuesday the 11th, has a tiny 1.3 ft WNW swell, but the water temp is sitting at 66°, which is a touch warmer than normal for the time of year. That’s about the only positive. Swell energy is a weak 29, and it’s just not doing anything. That theme pretty much holds through Thursday the 13th. Wednesday afternoon on the 12th, we get a slight bump to 2.9 ft of west swell with a 9-second period, and the wind goes glassy. The combined energy climbs to 139, which is still moderate, but it’s surfable. It just looks very ordinary, so I can’t call it a standout.

From Thursday the 13th right through to the 21st of August, conditions are mostly poor. We see a few sessions with clean offshore breeze, like Friday morning the 21st with a 2 ft west swell and cross-off southerly wind at 15 km/h (energy 127), but the swell is tiny. There’s no real power behind it. Most other days are plagued by onshore or cross-onshore winds, lumpy and messy conditions, and very low wave energy—often below 100.

Now, the one time things get interesting in size is around Sunday the 23rd and Monday the 24th, but it’s a cruel tease. By Sunday the 23rd, a 5.9 ft SW swell shows up with moderate energy (458), but it’s accompanied by strong winds - 28 mph out of the SW on the afternoon - creating a messy cross-chop. For Monday the 24th of August, the swell jumps to a very solid 11.5 ft at 10 seconds from the west. That’s a very strong energy reading of 1970. However, the onshore wind is howling at 28 mph from the WNW. This is a classic case of "looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing" at this beach-and-reef setup. That much size with that kind of wind is just a washing machine. Only for experts with a death wish.

After that big pulse, it drops back down through the 25th and 26th, finishing with a meager 3.3 ft and light onshore wind.

So, the honest truth? There isn’t a single standout session in this 16-day window for Whipsiderry. The surf stays small, the winds are rarely in our favor, and when the swell does show some real height, the conditions are just ugly. It’s a long blank run of days where I’d be doing something else.

Stay patient, mate.

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