ADs/Doubles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's break down what's cookin' for the next couple weeks.

Honestly, it's a tough slog out at A-Ds-Doubles right now. For nearly a week and a half, from Saturday the 22nd of August all the way to the end of the month, you'd be better off waxing your board at home. The wind is relentless – strong cross-shore and cross-onshore from the ENE at 30 to 45 km/h, just tearing the surface up. The swell bounces between 0.9 ft and 2 ft, but it's all short-period, weak windswell from the east, and the energy is all over the place. With that wind, it's just lumpy, choppy crap. Not worth it.

Come Monday the 31st of August, things start to look a little less grim. We get a 2 ft to 2 ft swell from the ENE with a longer period of 11 seconds. The energy jumps into the thousands (1038 to 1212), but the wind is still a fresh cross-shore. The notes say "marginal" – maybe worth a peek, but not a call to arms.

Now, Tuesday the 1st of September is where the door cracks open. The wind drops to a moderate breeze from the NNE in the afternoon, switching to a cross-offshore direction. The swell is a clean 2 ft from the NE with a 10-second period, and solid energy (1010). It’s clean for the first time in ages. Not a classic, but a real session.

But the one that stands out above everything else is Wednesday the 2nd of September. This is the day. The swell settles to 0.9 ft, but it's a long-period groundswell from the south with a 17-second period. That's a proper, deep-ocean pulse. The wind goes dead calm in the afternoon – glassy. Perfect, clean conditions. That long period might make it a bit straight at a beach break, but for a spot exposed to the ESE like this one, the south swell should wrap in with some real push. The energy is strong (705 to 759). For intermediate surfers, this is your morning mission. For beginners, it’s a perfect day to get out there on a clean, gentle wave. This is the top pick, no question.

After the 2nd, it’s back to a few days of messy onshore junk from the 3rd of September, with 2 ft to 2 ft of short-period windswell and even some risk of thunderstorms on the 4th. Not good.

So here's the call: sit tight through the first 10 days. Tuesday the 1st of September is a nice to have, but Wednesday the 2nd of September is your day. Glassy, long-period south swell, clean lines. That's the one to shoot for.

Rusty.

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