Surf intelligence
What's the south coast
doing right now.
Reading the swell…
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The conditions, plainly.
⚠ Heads up
Wind clock
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Swell direction
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Calculating…
Wave, wind, and the score.
Who should paddle out.
Beginner
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Intermediate
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Advanced
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Dawn patrol math.
Tide proxy · sea-surface height vs hour
Approximation from Open-Meteo sea-level-height. Official tides: BOM tide tables · Stony Point
Three breaks, one drive.
If Smiths isn't working, one of these usually is. Same swell window, different angles. Times shown are current.
How to read Smiths.
The geography
Smiths faces ~190° (just east of due south). Headland blocks eastern swell. Reef at the western end shapes swell as it wraps. Middle of the beach gets the cleanest water.
Wind
Northerly is offshore — clean, glassy. South-westerly puts the wind up the face and turns it chop in minutes. Watch the carpark trees, not just the forecast.
Tide
Handles all tides but breaks best on mid-incoming. Low tide exposes the rip channel down the middle of the beach. Beginners stay south.
Swell direction
South-west wraps cleanly. Pure south is bigger but harder to read. South-east mostly shadows out behind the headland — the eastern point can fire on those days.
Rip
One main rip down the centre of the beach, two smaller ones at each end. Watch the water for 5 minutes before you paddle. If it looks calm, that's where the rip is.
Hazards
Rocks at both headlands. Strong undertow on big-swell days. Surf-rescue patrol summer only — otherwise unpatrolled. Bring a friend.
Seven days of swell.
Surf data is modelled — not surf-rescue grade. Conditions shift fast on the south coast. Check the swell with your own eyes from the path before paddling. Surf within your ability. Bring a friend.
Data · Open-Meteo · updated hourly · auto-refreshes every 10 min