Windansea Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Windansea.

To be straight with you, the next couple of weeks are a bit of a mixed bag. We’ve got a long stretch of poor conditions through the middle of the period, but there’s a little window of hope right at the very end. The water temp is sitting about average for this time of year, so nothing too wild there.

We start off with Wednesday and Thursday, September 9th and 10th. The swell is there – a solid 2ft to 3ft from the SW with a very long period of 16 seconds, giving that groundswell energy (379 to 523). But the wind is a problem. It’s light breeze, but it’s onshore or cross-onshore, and the comments call it marginal or poor. The wave energy is moderate, but everything’s a bit messy. Not the kind of day you get excited about.

Then from Friday, September 11th, right through to Tuesday, September 22nd, it’s a real struggle. The wind is either cross, cross-on, or onshore, with a moderate breeze most days, creating a lot of chop. The swell height bounces between 2ft and 4ft, but the period drops off to as low as 8 seconds on the 13th. The combined energy stays in the moderate range (250 to 545), but it doesn’t matter because the conditions are just poor. There’s a solid week and a half where you’d be better off doing something else.

Now, here’s the standout. It’s not a big swell, but it’s the only clean window. On Wednesday, September 23rd in the afternoon, the wind finally swings offshore from the ENE at just 5 km/h. We get a 3ft SW swell with a period of 15 seconds, and the combined energy is moderate (320). The forecast says “expect good surf conditions” – and that’s the first time we’ve seen that in the whole run. The wind is offshore, making it clean. That’s your best bet by a long shot.

After that, Thursday the 24th goes back to onshore wind and poor conditions again.

So, the only real standout in this 16-day window is that Wednesday afternoon, September 23rd, at Windansea. Small, clean, and glassy. Don’t expect much else.

Rusty.

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