Wurtulla Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here with the lowdown for the same stretch, now in feet and miles per hour.

We start flat and ugly. Thursday morning and afternoon are a no-go: 4ft ESE swell but with a cross breeze and cross-onshore wind kicking up a chop. The energy reading is 432 and then 615, which sounds big, but the wind messes it up. Friday and the weekend don't get much better – waves around 3ft to 6ft but mostly cross-shore or onshore winds making it marginal. For Wurtulla, an exposed beach break that likes ESE swell, that sideways wind is a killer. Friday morning might give you a few ordinary ones (6ft, 10-second period, moderate cross-shore chop), but it’s not worth paddling out.

The first decent window hits on Sunday the 12th. The early session is clean with an offshore breeze from the WNW at only 6 mph, and the swell is waist-high at 3ft from the ESE with 11-second period and 199 energy – just ordinary surf, but you could have a fun, empty paddle. By Sunday afternoon the wind goes glassy out of the SE, with 3ft from ESE, 10 seconds, energy 141. That’s about as clean as it gets for a small-wave day. You’ll be scratching for them, but the conditions are nice.

The middle of the week dries up fast. Monday through Wednesday the 15th is flat to tiny, with swell dropping below 2ft. There’s a four-day gap of truly poor surf here.

Now things get interesting. Thursday the 16th sees the swell jump to 6ft from the SE, 8-second period, 410 energy, and it’s clean with WSW cross-off wind. The problem is that 8-second period is short – wind swell – so it’ll be lumpy and not well shaped. Still, it’s clean, so you could snag a few. Friday the 17th also has 6ft SE swell and cross-off wind, but the energy hits 723 in the afternoon; the wind picks up to 19 mph, making it a bit of a slog.

The standout in the whole two weeks? Saturday the 18th. Saturday afternoon brings a solid 7ft SE swell with a 10-second period, and it’s clean with only a light SSW breeze. The combined energy hits 1266 – that’s serious power. This is for experienced surfers – at 7ft on an exposed beach break like Wurtulla, it will be solid, with good push and shape. The wind is light cross-off, so expect clean faces and some decent runners. That’s your best session by a long way.

Sunday the 19th drops back to 4ft SE, 10 seconds, with an offshore WSW breeze – clean but significantly slower. A slight chance for a mellow morning. From Monday the 20th onward it fades again into tiny slop, with swell under 3ft and periods dropping into the 7-9 second range, so the kite crew will have more fun than the paddle folks. The final few days are glassy and weak, more of a sunbake than a surf.

Lock in that Saturday afternoon session. It’s the one that delivers.

Rusty

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