Foam

Right now the dawn patrol call is solid: waist-high sets are running through on a long-period groundswell from the north-west, which means the 10-second interval is doing the work to build proper shape on these soft peaks rather than wind chop doing it for you. The cross-shore north wind at 13 kilometres per hour is not helping the faces, but two-thirds of the energy is clean groundswell, so you have a genuine window before the wind swings onshore and the swell begins to fade through the day.

By mid-afternoon the north-north-west wind will have turned fully onshore at 20 kilometres per hour and the swell will have dropped to ankle to thigh height, so today's energy is concentrated in the morning hours. After nine o'clock conditions will deteriorate steadily.

Tomorrow peaks at fair with waist-high potential overnight and into the early hours, though the forecast holds softer for most of daylight. Check the update in the evening if you are planning a night session; size and timing are both uncertain this far ahead, and the overnight window is the one worth monitoring.