Injidup Carpark • Statistics for January

January: Summer Lull with Clean Mornings

January is the classic mid-summer surf drought for Injidup Carpark. The average swell height comes in around 6ft (1.9m) with a respectable 11.8s period, yet the deep-water swell direction remains dominated by SSW and SW swells - about 72% of the total wave energy - leaving very little true W or WNW component for this west-northwest facing spot. That means the waves can still be long-period and rideable, but often lack the raw open-ocean power of autumn and winter.

Winds are predominantly offshore in direction, with SSE (23%), S (20%) and SE (15%) making up the bulk of the wind rose. Still, only 15% of time is considered ideal for surfing, because these directions blow from the land at this break yet can be too strong or lined up with local pressure gradients. Air temperatures hover near 20.4°C, water temperature sits at 20.6°C and precipitation is only 0.42 mm/day, so it is a warm, dry month. Dawn patrol is the safest bet before the sea breeze kicks up the surface texture.