Afife Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's talk about what's cooking at Afife for the next couple of weeks. It's a bit of a slow burner, but there's some serious potential hiding in the back half of the forecast.

We start things off with a bit of a limp start. Right out of the gate on Saturday the 9th, we've got some small, underwhelming swell. The water is at a nice 68°, which feels a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that's one positive. For the first week, from the 8th right through to the 14th, it's mostly small, weak, and messy. The energy is low, and the winds are all sorts of wrong – mostly cross-onshore, making for choppy, poor conditions. Sunday the 9th morning tries to give us a little hope with glassy conditions on a 3ft W swell, but it's just not enough to get excited about. The next few days are a real grind of small, weak waves. There's a long gap here with nothing worth paddling out for.

Finally, the pattern shifts. The real standout is the morning of Friday, the 22nd of August. This one has our attention. We're looking at a solid 7ft swell from the NNW, and with a clean, light cross-offshore wind. This is prime, quality surf on the cards. The period is 10 seconds, so it's a proper groundswell with good shape. That morning is the absolute pick of the forecast.

The Saturday the 23rd morning also has some potential, but it's a step down. We've got a 6ft NNW swell with a 7-second period, and glassy conditions again. There'll be waves, but that shorter period means it might be a bit softer and less organized than the Friday peak. It's still a solid session for a Sunday session, just not the highlight.

From the 20th onward, the week is mixed. The morning of Thursday the 21st looks clean with a 4ft NW swell, but then the afternoon gets blown out by a strong onshore wind. Friday morning is that absolute gem we talked about, but the afternoon turns to junk with onshore rain showers. The weekend of the 23rd and 24th then gets completely hammered by strong to fresh onshore winds, making everything a messy, lumpy, blown-out mess.

For beginners, the 7ft swell on Friday the 22nd is going to be too big and powerful. The smaller glassy windows, like Sunday the 16th morning's 6ft, are probably the biggest you'd want to tackle. Afife is an exposed beach, and with that shorter period on the 16th, those waves could be pitching and dumping.

So, for the whole run, the takeaway is clear: focus your energy on the morning of Friday, the 22nd of August. That's the one to circle. The Sunday the 16th morning is a decent runner-up, but the Friday is the real deal. Everything else in between is either too small, too windy, or just plain poor. With a consistent spot like Afife, it won't stay flat for long, but this forecast has a lot of noise to sift through before you get to that gem.

Rusty.

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