Woodlands Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s talk about Woodlands Beach.

Look, I’ve scanned the whole 16-day window and I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – there’s basically nothing on offer for a surfer. We’re staring down the barrel of a long, flat spell. The first sniff of anything worth paddling for doesn’t show up until well into the second week, and even then it’s a rough, blown-out mess.

Starting from now, it’s a grim run. Morning after morning of clean, offshore easterly winds, but the swell is pathetic – we’re talking 0.3 ft to 0.7 ft of weak, short-period slop from the north. The combined energy is in the single digits (1 to 15), which is about as weak as it gets. Thursday the 3rd of September afternoon sees a tiny pulse up to a meager 3 ft from the ENE, with a short 7-second period and a combined energy of 72, but the wind is a fresh 19 mph cross-off. The sea state stays clean, but for what? It’s not rideable.

This sorry pattern continues all the way through to Saturday the 12th of September. It’s consistently poor surf conditions every session. Nothing changes.

Then we get a little bump. On the morning of Sunday the 13th of September, the swell lifts to 4 ft from the ENE, but again with a short, weak 7-second period. The combined energy jumps to 184 (moderate energy), and the wind is a fresh 19 mph cross-off. Here’s the thing: 4 ft with that short period at a beach break like this is gonna be a churning, lumpy mess. The “poor surf conditions” tag says it all. With that strong side wind and the short-period junk, this setup frankly looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. That’s the only standout – and I use that term loosely – and it’s over a week away.

After that, Monday the 14th and Tuesday the 15th of September drop right back to flat, tiny 0.7 ft to 1.0 ft waves from the north with clean winds. There’s just no swell to work with.

This break is inconsistent at the best of times, so a run this blank isn’t unusual. Water temp is about average for the time of year, no anomalies to report. Keep an eye on the charts, mate – it tends not to stay poor forever.

Rusty

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