Aileen's Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks. To be straight with you, it’s a pretty grim picture for a while, but there might be a light at the end of the tunnel if you’re willing to wait.

For the next ten days or so, it’s looking like a write-off. We’ve got a lot of onshore and cross-onshore wind, and the swell is mostly small and messy. You’ll see some waves in the 1ft to 4ft range, but they’ll be chopped up and lacking any real push. The energy is weak to moderate at best, with combined readings in the low hundreds (around 158 to 294). Don’t get too excited about the 11-second period swell that shows up on the afternoon of the 11th – it's still only reading 2ft and it’s chopped up. This is a long stretch of nothing, so you’re better off finding something else to do for the first week and a half.

There is a brief glimmer on the morning of Tuesday the 12th. The wind will be offshore out of the south, making things clean, and we’ve got a 4ft west-southwest swell with a 9-second period. The energy is moderate (203). This is the only session that scores above a zero in that whole first stretch. If you can get out for a dawn patrol, that’s your chance to get wet without getting beaten up. It won’t be epic, but it’ll be clean.

After that, it’s back to the grind. The swell tries to fill in a bit later on the 19th and 20th of August, with heights pushing into the 7ft range, but the wind is all over the place, mostly onshore and cross-onshore. The energy gets up there (up to around 825 on the morning of the 20th), but that's about as useless as it gets when it's messy. The break is way too inconsistent to rely on that anyway, and it will still be poor.

We finally get a bit of a reprieve on the morning of Friday the 21st of August. There’s a clean cross-offshore breeze from the north-northeast, with a 4ft west swell at 9 seconds. It’s still not huge, but it’s clean, and after that long drought, it will feel like a luxury. The energy is at 193, which is moderate. Not a standout, but it’s the closest thing to a surfer-friendly window we get.

So, to sum it up, if you’re desperate, check the morning of the 12th. If you can wait, the morning of the 21st looks like the most user-friendly conditions. Otherwise, I’d leave the board in the car and save your energy for something else.

The water is sitting at about 62°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year. Not a shock to the system either way.

Stay stoked, and keep an eye on the forecast. It’s got nowhere to go but up.

Rusty.

Read more