Cross/offshore wind (13 km/h) — mostly clean, 0.9m @ 8s, tide is on.
Swell
Wind
Wind 13 km/h N Swell ESE— Spot faces ESE
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↓13 km/h NCross/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↓0.9m @ 8s ESE≈ 2ft 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.Energy27 kJTiny
2nd Swell↓0.8m @ 5s ENE
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 / Falling — Low in 2h 21m
Water22°C · Spring suit
UV IndexLow — just a touch of sunscreen.
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