Clean offshore at 11 km/h, 1.3m @ 10s, tide is on.
Swell
Wind
Wind 11 km/h NW Swell SSW— Spot faces S
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↓11 km/h NWOffshore
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↓1.3m @ 10s SSW≈ 3ft 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.Energy77 kJ
Swell shadow · 89 kJ offshore
Small
2nd Swell↓0.6m @ 8s SSW
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 57m
Water16°C · 3/2
UV IndexLow — just a touch of sunscreen.
Turning starts with your head, flows through your shoulders — the board is last to know.
