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Cross/offshore wind (16 km/h) — mostly clean, 0.9m @ 13s, tide is on.

Swell Wind
Wind 16 km/h SW Swell S — 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 16 km/h SW Cross/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 @ 13s S≈ 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.Energy 63 kJ Small
2nd Swell 0.7m @ 15s 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.Tide Mid / Falling — Low in 4h 25m
Water 22°C · Spring suit
UV Index Low — just a touch of sunscreen.
Watch the lineup for five minutes before you paddle out — the whitewash draws you a treasure map to the peak.
Board Longboard
Best window today: 7:00 am
6:34 am 5:27 pm
Beach All Levels
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Surf Spot Details

Break:
Beach
Skill Level:
All
Best Tide:
Mid Tide
Sharky:
Not Too Bad
Best Season:
Winter
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