16 km/h cross/onshore making it messy, small or weak swell (≈0.9m @ 7s, 1.1m offshore), tide is on.
Swell
Wind
Wind 16 km/h SSE 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↓16 km/h SSECross/Onshore
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↓1.1m @ 7s 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.Energy19 kJ
Swell shadow · 27 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 3h 2m
Water26°C · Boardies
UV IndexLow — just a touch of sunscreen.
Wind swell (7s) — expect bumpy, disorganised sets
Why didn't the surfer ride the glassy wave? He heard it was breaking.
