Clean offshore at 17 km/h, small or weak swell (≈0.4m @ 11s, 1.3m offshore), tide is on.
Swell
Wind
Wind 17 km/h SW Swell SE— Spot faces NE
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↓17 km/h SWOffshore
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 @ 11s SE
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.Energy8 kJ
Swell shadow · 102 kJ offshore
Tiny
2nd Swell↓0.6m @ 10s SSE
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 4h 32m
Water22°C · Spring suit
UV IndexLow — just a touch of sunscreen.
Why didn't the surfer ride the glassy wave? He heard it was breaking.
