Clean offshore at 34 km/h, 2.5m @ 10s, tide is on.
Swell
Wind
Wind 34 km/h SE Swell SSW— Spot faces WNW
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↓34 km/h SEOffshore
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 @ 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.Energy264 kJ
Swell shadow · 316 kJ offshore
Solid
2nd Swell↓1.3m @ 8s 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 / Falling — Low in 4h 24m
Water14°C · 4/3 + boots
UV IndexLow — just a touch of sunscreen.
Cold water (14°C) — 4/3 + boots
Scope it 30+ min — read the sets, rips & entry Don't paddle out solo.
Straight line of whitewash means closeout. A peeling triangle means a shoulder. Read it before you paddle, not after.
