Cross/offshore wind (17 km/h) — mostly clean, 2.2m @ 10s, tide is on.
Swell
Wind
Wind 17 km/h ENE Swell SSW— Spot faces SSE
Wind makes or breaks it, bru. Offshore (blowing land to sea) grooms the faces clean and glassy — lukka. Onshore chops it all into mush. Under about 10 km/h it hardly matters — basically glass.Wind↓17 km/h ENECross/Offshore
Size @ period, plus where it's from. Period is the secret, boet: 12s+ is proper groundswell — organised lines with real punch. Under 10s is local windswell that folds quick. Same size, longer period = way more klap.Swell↓2.2m @ 10s SSW≈ 5ft face
Size and period smashed into one number — the real 'is it worth it?' gauge, ekse.< 40 kJ basically flat40–100 small100–180 fun180–450 solid — punchy450+ heavy — vy with respectLong period klaps way harder than the same size at short period. See 'Swell shadow'? A headland or bay is blocking part of the swell — the number here is what actually reaches the spot, the offshore one is what's out at sea.Energy188 kJ
Swell shadow · 216 kJ offshore
Solid
2nd Swell↓1.2m @ 13s S
Pushing in or draining out, and when it turns. Most banks have a favourite tide — right tide and the spot comes alive, wrong tide and it goes fat or dumpy. Time your session, china.TideMid / Rising — High in 2h 37m
Water16°C · 3/2
UV IndexLow — just a touch of sunscreen.
Scope it 30+ min — read the sets, rips & entry Don't paddle out solo.
Look where you want to go, down the line ekse — not at the chicks on the beach.
