Angourie - surf spot statistics

Best Surf Season (May - August)

Angourie fires best during the cooler months of the Southern Hemisphere autumn and winter. As the Pacific storm track shifts northward, a steady stream of E to SSE groundswells marches into the NSW coast, with average wave heights hovering around a solid 1.6m and periods averaging 9.3-9.4 seconds, often stretching into the 10-14s range. More importantly, the frequency of offshore winds from the SW to WNW quadrant peaks dramatically — reaching 58-65% ideal conditions. This combo delivers clean, lined-up surf at the Point and Main Beach, with punchy peaks that wrap beautifully around the headland. If there’s a window of consistency, this is it.

Fair Surf Season (April, September, October)

The shoulder months offer a mix of quality and quantity. April still sees lingering summer swell with periods averaging 9.1s, but the wind patterns transition: ideal offshore percentages climb to 47% in April before dropping in September and October (43% and 31% respectively). During this transition, you can score fun-sized waves with occasional long-period pulses, though the trade-off is variable wind regimes. September sees a return of NE/ENE swell, but the wind clock also includes more N to NE onshore flow, requiring careful session timing.

Low Surf Season (November - March)

The summer months bring the weakest surf consistency at Angourie. From November through February, average swell heights drop to 1.4-1.5m, periods shorten to 8.0-8.8s, and most critically, the dominant wind pattern shifts to NE to SE onshore flow that ruins wave quality. Ideal offshore wind percentages bottom out at 20-25% in December, January, and February. While there are still occasional E to ENE swells that can produce rideable waves — especially early mornings before the sea breeze kicks in — the overall picture is dominated by choppy, messy conditions. March is a transition month, with improving winds (31% ideal) but still mostly short-period swell.

October: Building Spring Swell

October brings a noticeable increase in swell energy as the Pacific storm track begins to reawaken. The average swell height is 1.5m with a period of 8.3s. The swell direction is heavily weighted to the SE (16.7%), SSE (18.3%), and E (12.9%) quadrants. The wind picture is less ideal: offshore percentages sit at 31%. The dominant wind direction is N (11.7%), followed by NNE (8.5%) and NE (7.9%) — all onshore at Angourie. However, occasional cold fronts sweep across the region, delivering brief but intense spells of SW to W winds that clean up the swell. These frontal passages often coincide with extratropical storms in the Tasman Sea, pumping in longer-period (10-14s) groundswell from the S to SE. The result: a handful of epic days mixed in with run-of-the-mill windswell. Persistence and a keen eye on the charts pay off in October.