13th Beach Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report and Surf Forecast
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Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
2-3FT
Thigh to waist
Swell
Wind
18KTSNNE
35kts gusts, Offshore
Tide
Temperature
62°F
3/2mm wetsuit
Surf Coast Forecast
Peter Aquilina •Today
Open beaches the standout for both size and quality
Small and slow conditions to start the day, with open beaches the clear standout for most of the day. North winds mean these options should be pretty clean, with wave shape likely to improve through the morning. But the only consideration being the afternoon high tide, which will make some banks a little slower/fatter - and a tendency of wind to tend NW later in the day which will impact the surface quality on open beaches and probably lend itself back to those reef/point break options
13th Beach Surf Forecast
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13th Beach Surf Guide
Twenty minutes’ drive east of Torquay, this wide-open reef-modified beachbreak zone can be among the highest quality surf in the country on its day. 13th is a go-to for many of the region’s surfers thanks to its swell-magnet status — when Bells is waist-high, here can be twice that. Offshore reefs help fracture approaching swells so they arrive in the surf zone as peaks, rather than just the long walls of Southern Ocean legend. The swells still pack Southern Ocean power, though, and low tide can... Read more