Whipsiderry Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for Whipsiderry over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a pretty grim run for the most part. We’ve got a long stretch of messy, wind-affected conditions coming up, and there’s not a single standout session that’s worth getting properly excited about. The best you can hope for are a couple of brief windows of clean-ish surf, but they’re nothing to write home about.

The action starts on Wednesday the 26th of August. Early morning, we’ve got a tiny 2ft swell from the west with a short, weak period of 8 seconds. The combined wave energy is a weak 62, so it’s pretty anaemic. The wind is offshore from the SSE, which is a positive, making it clean. The water is sitting at 65°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. The afternoon goes downhill with onshore winds.

Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th are a write-off. The wind swings all over the place, and by Friday we’re looking at lumpy, cross-onshore slop with a 5ft to 6ft swell that’s short-period and messy. The energy picks up into the moderate range (230-297), but it’s a complete mess.

The weekend of the 29th and 30th sees some bigger swell roll in, but it’s accompanied by strong, near-gale force winds. Saturday morning has a 6ft SW swell with a cross-offshore wind, so it’s clean, but the wind is howling at 31 mph. The energy is strong at 419, but it’s not a paddle-friendly setup. Sunday is similar, with a 6ft to 7ft swell and strong winds. For a beach setup like this, the conditions are more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Monday the 31st of August sees the biggest swell of the period, a 10ft west swell with a 9-second period. The combined energy is a very strong 1345. However, it’s blowing onshore at 16 mph, making it a messy, dangerous beast. This is definitely for experts only, and even then, it’s not going to be pretty.

The first week of September continues the trend of poor conditions. The wind remains mostly onshore or cross-onshore, with occasional cross-shore winds. The swell stays in the 3ft to 6ft range, but it’s consistently choppy and lumpy. There’s a brief moment on the 5th of September with a 5ft west swell (period 10 seconds) and light winds, but it’s cross-onshore, so it’s not clean.

The only real glimmer of hope comes on Sunday the 6th of September. The morning session has a clean, 3ft west swell with a decent 10-second period, and light south winds making it cross-offshore. The energy is a low 191, so it’s small, but it’s the cleanest it will be for a while. After that, it’s back to the choppy stuff.

The second week gets a bit interesting for the wind direction, but the surf stays small. The 9th of September has a morning session with a 5ft NNW swell (6 seconds) and offshore ESE winds at 16 mph, making it clean, but the period is too short for any real power. The 10th of September has offshore winds again, but the swell is tiny at 1ft to 2ft.

Overall, keep your expectations low. The crowds might be around sometimes, but with conditions this poor, most people will be staying dry. Check back in a few days, forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a long wait for a decent wave.

Rusty.

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