Yonabaru Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this 16-day window for Yonabaru is a tough watch. There are no standout days where everything lines up, and the first real suggestion of surfable waves doesn’t pop up until Saturday the 5th, and even then it’s nothing to get excited about. After that, there’s a long stretch of poor conditions right through until Friday the 11th, when a bit more size shows but with questionable tide and wind. The final few days look flat or ordinary.

Yonabaru – This is a beginner-friendly spot, fairly exposed to swell and best with a northeast direction. Right now, the water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing out of the ordinary.

The first chance of anything rideable comes Saturday morning, 5th September. A small 2ft swell from the NNW with a period of 10 seconds and gentle cross-offshore breeze from the SSW. The combined swell energy is low at 136, but it’s clean and surfable. The afternoon drops off into light cross-shore wind and even smaller surf, so the morning is your window if you’re keen.

Sunday the 6th is a write-off – 5ft of short-period windswell from the NE with a moderate cross-onshore breeze and choppy conditions. Not worth a paddle.

Monday the 7th is similar, cross-shore wind and lumpy. Tuesday the 8th brings cleaner conditions with a cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is small at 3ft from the ENE with a long 12-second period. Combined energy is moderate at 249, but the size is tiny. Wednesday the 9th stays clean but small.

Thursday the 10th sees gentle cross-shore wind and 3ft swell – still poor.

Friday the 11th is the most interesting day of the whole outlook. The morning shows 6ft from the SE with a 7-second period and light cross-onshore wind. Combined energy jumps to 360. The afternoon improves to 8ft from the SE with a 9-second period and light cross-onshore wind. Energy hits 812, which is moderate to strong. But the wave comment flags marginal surf or questionable tide conditions. This is the best size of the period, but the direction is onshore and the quality might not match the numbers. Worth a look if you’re desperate, but don’t expect perfection.

From Saturday the 12th onward, conditions are poor. The swell drops off, the wind turns onshore, and the combined energy falls. By the 19th of September, the swell is down to 2ft with 11-second period and energy of just 77. Not worth suiting up.

If you’re chasing something in this window, the morning of Saturday the 5th is your only real shot at a clean, surfable wave. The afternoon of Friday the 11th has size but the conditions are marginal. Otherwise, it’s a long blank run.

Rusty.

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