Sunrise • Statistics for January

January: High Summer Tradewind Slop

January is low season at Sunrise. Average swell height sits at 1.7m (5.6ft) and the average period is a punchy 8.8s-enough to produce rideable waves, but rarely the powerful, well-organized lines you want. The swell chart shows the E/ESE/SE window accounting for well over half of the observations, with the 1.5-2m (5-6.5ft) class dominating. That is a good sign; the bad news is the wind. NE winds blow 21% of the time, ENE 14.5%, and genuine offshore WSW/W/NW flow exists only around 2.8%. The 'ideal wind' score is just 15%. Expect summer water temperatures of 25.3°C and warm, humid air at 24.4°C, with 2.94mm/day of precipitation often falling as late afternoon thunderstorms. On the rare days when the sea breeze shuts down or a coastal low drifts south, those E/SE pulses can still produce rippable, fun-sized peaks-just don't come expecting much consistency.