Clean offshore at 6 km/h, small or weak swell (≈1.4m @ 8s, 2.1m offshore), short period — expect punchy sets.
Swell
Wind
Wind 6 km/h NNW Swell SW— Spot faces S
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↓6 km/h NNWOffshore
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↓2.1m @ 8s SW≈ 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.Energy59 kJ
Swell shadow · 132 kJ offshore
Small
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.TideHigh / Rising — High in 1h 1m
Water15°C · 4/3 + boots
UV IndexLow — just a touch of sunscreen.
Cold water (15°C) — 4/3 + boots
Wind swell (8s) — expect bumpy, disorganised sets
Sit where the waves actually break, not where the crowd sits — the shoulder is a queue for nothing.
