5 km/h cross/onshore making it messy, small or weak swell (≈1.1m @ 10s, 2m offshore), tide is on.
Swell
Wind
Wind 5 km/h NNW Swell SE— Spot faces NNE
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↓5 km/h NNWCross/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↓2m @ 10s SE≈ 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.Energy60 kJ
Swell shadow · 207 kJ offshore
Small
2nd Swell↓0.6m @ 11s 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 / Falling — Low in 4h 36m
Water22°C · Spring suit
UV IndexLow — just a touch of sunscreen.
Barely a ripple. Save the wax, plan a dawnie for tomorrow instead.
