Yallingup • Statistics for February

February: Late Summer Conditions and Waiting for the Ocean to Roar

February mirrors January in many ways. Average swell height eases slightly to 6ft (1.8m) while the period holds at 11.9s, keeping the window of rideable groundswell open but not exactly firing. SSW and SW swells again dominate, totalling about 67 percent of the wave energy, with S swell and remnants adding another 10 percent. W and WNW swell remains in the low single digits, so Yallingup continues to rely on long-period refraction and shadow-wrapped lines to bring size to its WNW-facing reefs.

The wind distribution shows the subtropical ridge still in control, with SE and SSE breezes providing the most frequent offshore flow at 37 percent combined. However, the ideal surfing wind percentage is only 17 percent because S/SSW afternoon seabreezes and SW pulses often create crumbly, cross-onshore texture during the prime daylight hours. Air temperatures peak for the year at 21.0 degrees C (min 14.9, max 32.3), water temperature warms to 21.0 degrees C, and rainfall is negligible at 0.40mm/day. Stay patient, surf the dawn windows, and save your energy for autumn.