Akabane Long Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let’s talk about what’s shaping up at Akabane Long Beach.

Right off the bat, the next week or so is looking pretty flat and ordinary. We’ve got a long stretch of small, uninspiring surf with tricky wind most days. The water temp is sitting at about 82°F, which is just about normal for this time of year – nothing crazy there.

Starting Sunday the 26th and running through to about Tuesday the 3rd of August, we’re looking at tiny swell – mostly around 1ft to 3ft – with short, weak period (6 to 10 seconds) and combined wave energy mostly in the weak range (between 33 and 154). Winds are all over the place, from cross-shore breezes to onshore slop. A few windows clean up, like Monday morning the 27th where we get a light offshore from the NW on a 2ft SE swell, but it’s so small it’s barely worth paddling out for. That pattern of small, messy surf just keeps rolling through the end of July and into the first days of August.

Now, things start to look a bit more interesting early on Monday the 3rd of August. The swell bumps up to 4ft from the ESE with a much longer period of 15 seconds – proper groundswell energy. Combined energy hits 644, which is in the moderate range, but the wind is a light cross-on from the ESE, so conditions are still a bit iffy. That afternoon the wind goes full onshore, so the morning is the only chance.

The real standout – and I mean the one to circle on your calendar – is Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th of August. Tuesday morning we get a clean 6ft ESE swell with a 16-second period, glassy conditions (light west wind, 3 mph), and a combined energy reading of 1526 – that’s strong wave energy. This is excellent for experienced surfers. It’s a bit over 5ft, so it’s not for beginners, but those clean, lined-up sets will be a treat. Wednesday morning is even bigger: 8ft from the ESE, 17-second period, glassy again with the light WSW wind. Combined energy jumps to 3238 – serious power. Still, this is expert territory at that size.

After that, things get too big. Thursday the 6th and Friday the 7th of August see swell pumping up to 10ft to 15ft, with energy readings in the thousands to tens of thousands. The winds are mixed – some clean but mostly onshore or cross – and the break is going to be overwhelmed. It’s way too big for most, and the quality will drop fast with the onshores.

By Sunday the 9th of August, it starts to drop back down to a more manageable 5ft from the ESE, 12-second period, with clean cross-off winds from the NW in the morning. That’s a solid “very good” call, but the afternoon goes onshore again.

So, to wrap it up: if you’re after the best, you’re waiting for Tuesday morning August 4th and Wednesday morning August 5th. That’s the window – clean, glassy, solid groundswell with serious push. Everything else in this run is either too small, too messy, or too big to enjoy properly.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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