Whipsiderry Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Okay, let's get into it. I've been staring at the charts for Whipsiderry, and it's a bit of a rough stretch for us. We've got a lot of onshore and cross-onshore wind messing things up for the next ten days or so. It’s not that there’s no swell, but the quality is just going to be junk for a while.

The long-range stuff we saw for the 16th looks like the only real light in the tunnel, so you might want to keep that week and a half in the back of your mind. It's a long way off though, so don't book the time off work just yet. The forecast models can and will change between now and then.

For the first week and a half, through to around the 12th or 13th, it’s gonna be pretty grim. The wind is mostly coming from the west, northwest, and southwest, which is going to put a serious chop on the surface. There will be waves, but trying to find a clean face will be a mission. The wave energy will be on the weak to moderate side, with readings like 85 and 69 around the 6th, and even when the swell bumps up on Monday the 7th with 1632 combined energy, the cross-onshore wind just kills it.

Honestly, from the 7th to the 9th, we have some chest to head high swell from the W, but it's going to be choppy and messy, not the kind of conditions that get you excited to paddle out. There's a period where the surf is there, but it's poor surf conditions across the board. The water temp is pretty average for this time of year, nothing out of the ordinary.

Then, on the 13th, things look a little more promising with a W/NW swell showing around 6ft, but again the wind swings around and puts a cross-chop on it. It's a one-out-of-ten type of day, a proper marginal one.

Now, let's talk about the 16th. Wednesday the 16th of September looks like our standout day. Early morning, we're looking at a clean 5ft W swell with a 10-second period. The wind is set to be nearly nothing, glassy, from the south. That is what we need. The combined energy is 499, which is solid, but it’s the clean conditions that will make it. That's the day to make the most of it. It may not be the biggest, but it will be the cleanest by a long shot.

Most of the other days after that are just more of the same story – small, short-period swell, a lot of it around 3ft and 4ft, and a lot of cross-onshore wind messing it up. It's just going to be a grind of small, junky waves.

So, the message is this: be patient. The surf is going to be poor for the better part of ten days, but that window on the 16th is our best chance to score something clean. It's a long way off, so we'll keep an eye on it, but for now, the boards might be getting a bit of dust on them.

Rusty.

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