Happy New Year
Hello Friends,
As we bid welcome to 2026, here’s hoping the year ahead is a good one.
As the Goat said in his first 2026 surf forecast, it was a good morning to sleep in after last night’s festivities.
Wind was around to the SSE at 17-22 kts by 0700, and it was raining lightly on and off. The MHL data snapshot at 0800 showed 3.3 metres of 13-second ESE energy. That long period energy translates to powerful, but not very frequent sets. As you can see from the pictures, surf quality ranged from unapproachable, wind-blown, lined-up shutdowns along the open stretches, to sloppy, but biggish sets for the protected corners. And it doesn’t look like conditions will improve today.
The swell will be on the fade tomorrow, but the wind should be light for the early and the weather partly cloudy.
Have a good one!
Weather Situation
A ridge extending from a high passing to the south of the state will gradually shift winds northeasterly over the weekend.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots inshore in the late morning and early afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions during the day are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Friday 2 January
- Winds
- Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the early morning then becoming east to northeasterly in the late evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, decreasing below 0.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to below 1 metre around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, tending southeasterly 1 to 2 metres during the morning, then tending southerly 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
- 2nd Swell
- Southeasterly 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending easterly around 1 metre around midday.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Saturday 3 January
- Winds
- Northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon or evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.