Clean offshore at 12 km/h, small or weak swell (≈1.5m @ 9s, 2.5m offshore), short period — expect punchy sets, tide is on.
Swell
Wind
Wind 12 km/h WNW Swell SSE— Spot faces E
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↓12 km/h WNWOffshore
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↓2.5m @ 9s SSE≈ 3ft face
Size and period smashed into one number — the real 'is it worth it?' gauge, ekse.< 100 kJ basically flat100–250 small250–500 fun500–1,200 solid1,200+ 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.Energy93 kJ
Swell shadow · 279 kJ offshore
Tiny
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
Water22°C · Spring suit
UV IndexLow — just a touch of sunscreen.
Trust, but verify — that's what the cam's for, boet.
