Category: South Coast

Winds are light and variable on the on the South Coast this morning, and conditions are glassy early. Surf is around 3′ at Middleton, with the odd bigger set along the Cliffs – Goolwa stretch. Waits and Parson’s will be picking up a bit more swell, and worth a look early for experienced surfers. The bad news is that strong onshore SE winds are expected to hit anytime from now on, and once they arrive conditions will deteriorate pretty quickly. There’s a window now, but it’s hard to say how long it will remain open. Shred factor 7/10

Winds are light and variable on the on the South Coast this morning, and conditions are glassy early. Surf is around 3′ at Middleton, with the odd bigger set along the Cliffs – Goolwa stretch. Waits and Parson’s will be bigger again, and worth a look early for experienced surfers. The next few hours look OK but winds look sketchy from mid morning onward as sou-easters kick in. It’s looking like the arvo will be sloppy and onshore, so get on it ASAP. Shred factor 7/10

It’s looking good on the on the South Coast this morning with light offshore North winds and glean conditions early. Surf is around  2′  at Middleton, maybe a tad bigger along the Cliffs – Goolwa stretch. Waits and Parson’s will be bigger, and will benefit from the light offshore wind. You’d best be on it in the next few hours, as the forecast is predicting SE=S winds will arrive and add chop early arvo. Some new swell should start pushing in during the day so it’ll probably be bigger after lunch, but the best quality will be this morning.  Shred factor 8/10

Light NE winds are tying to clean things up on the South Coast this morning, buy 12 plus hours of sou-easters have left plenty of lumps. Surf is a wobbly 4′ surf along the Middleton – Goolwa stretch, and clean-ish 2′ surf around at Chiton. Waits / Parson’s will be bigger, winds will favour Parson’s slightly. The forecast looks pretty good for light NE winds during the morning, becoming variable after lunch. Won’t hurt to leave it a few hours today and hope the offshores straightens it up some more.  Shred factor 6/10

East winds around 12 knots are making for lumpy conditions on the on the South Coast this morning. Swell is a good size with shifty 4′ surf along the Middleton – Goolwa stretch, and cleaner 2′ surf around at Chiton. Waits / Parson’s will be bigger, winds will favour Parson’s and a few other sneaky spots around that side. The breeze will tend more onshore SE during the day at up to 17 knots, so the arvo is looking big and sloppy.  Should improve heading into the weekend. Shred factor 4/10

The breeze has kicked ’round to the WSW on the South Coast this morning and conditions are a bit bumpy from the cross-shores. Surf is around 3′ along the Middleton – Goolwa stretch, and 1 – 2′ around at Chiton. Waits / Parson’s will be bigger and Waits will offer partial shelter up the point end. The forecast predicts winds will tend more Southerly and onshore after lunch, so conditions will become sloppy for the rest of the day. Middleton Bay / Point are OK early. Shred factor 5/10

It’s looking good on the on the South Coast this morning with very light NNE winds and a well lined up swell. Surf is around 2 – 3′ along the Middleton – Goolwa stretch, and 1 – 2′ around at Chiton. Waits / Parson’s will be picking up a bit more size and worth a look for more experienced surfers.The forecast predicts Northerlies pretty much all day but it may get a bit blown out with gusts up to 20 knots. A late W-SW change will roll in this evening and turn winds cross-onshore.  Shred factor 8/10

Conditions are clean and glassy on the on the South Coast this morning with very light NW winds, but not much swell. Surf is around 1′ along the Middleton – Goolwa stretch, and not a whole lot bigger around at Waits / Parson’s. Winds look good all day and the forecast predicts light and variable with a hint of offshore. Any increase in swell won’t help much today as direction will be very WSW. Maximally exposed breaks are really the only options today.  Shred factor 4/10

Onshores are back with a vengeance on the on the South Coast this morning, with 22 knot SSE winds making a mess of it. Swell is bigger but surf is messy at around 3′  along the Middleton – Goolwa stretch, and 2′ around at Chiton. Waits / Parson’s will be bigger, but both will be a mess. The forecast predicts the breeze will remain onshore all day, but shift more SE after lunch. There is a chance of Easterlies late arvo / evening, which may open up Parson’s Point as an option. Shred factor 3/10

Winds are back to around 10 knots from the NW, and conditions are clean on the on the South Coast this morning. Swell is a bit WSW so direction is not great, with surf around 1 – 2′  along the Middleton – Goolwa stretch, and only slightly bigger around at Waits / Parson’s. The forecast predicts the breeze will pick up from the West this morning to around 25 knots or more, before shifting SW early arvo. As the breeze pick up conditions will become blown out, and as it turns onshore quality will deteriorate. Get onto it ASAP – the window may be tight this morning. Shred factor 7/10