Xa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Xa over the next couple of weeks.

First thing you need to know: the surf window starts a bit slow, but there’s a couple of absolute gems in the first few days. The water’s sitting around average for this time of year, nothing weird going on there.

Thursday the 13th is a write-off. The morning’s got a messy 4ft SSE swell, but the wind is cross and there’s a slight cross-chop making it pretty ordinary. The afternoon gets worse with a cross-on sou’easterly and choppy conditions – not worth paddling out.

Come Friday morning the 14th, and things start to look up. The swell drops a touch to 4ft from the SSE, but the wind goes glassy – absolute glass. The period stretches out to 14 seconds, so there’s some proper groundswell energy in the water (636). The waves will be clean and holding shape. This is one of the best windows on offer. Saturday morning the 15th is the real standout though. We’ve got 5ft of SSE groundswell, 14-second period, glassy conditions, and the combined energy jumps to a strong 1004. This is excellent surf, but at 5ft it’s pushing into that zone where beginners might find it a bit much. Still, for experienced surfers, this morning at Xa is the pick of the entire outlook. Glassy, clean, proper energy. Keep in mind, with that long period, a reef setup like Xa will handle it beautifully – it’ll shape up nicely, not close out.

Sunday morning the 16th still has some fun in it – 5ft from the SE, glassy, but the period has dropped to 8 seconds, so it’s a bit shorter and choppier in the water. Still clean enough for a session though (851 energy – moderate to strong).

After that, from Sunday afternoon right through to the end of the second week, things go pretty flat and messy. There’s a long stretch of poor conditions – strong cross-on winds, lumpy seas, and short-period junk. A few mornings pop up with clean cross-off winds, like Wednesday the 19th morning (3ft, clean but weak) and Thursday the 20th morning (4ft, clean again), but the swell energy is minimal (123 and 236). These are barely worth the paddle.

Towards the back end, Monday the 24th afternoon brings a glimmer with 3ft S swell, clean conditions, but it’s small. Tuesday the 25th morning is clean too with a 3ft SSE groundswell and offshore wind – that’s a glassy little window if you’re desperate. But honestly, the first weekend is where it’s at.

The standout: Saturday morning the 15th at Xa. 5ft SSE, 14-second period, glassy. Strong energy (1004). For experienced surfers, that’s the one to circle. Friday morning the 14th runs a close second.

The call: Get on that Saturday morning 15th session. It’s the best we’ve got.

Rusty.

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