Alfagar Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, looking at the forecast for the local stretch. To be straight with you, it’s a tough outlook. The next few weeks are looking pretty flat and lackluster. There are no standout days where everything lines up. We’ve got a long run of days here where the waves are just too small or the conditions are messy.

Let’s walk through it. Starting with the morning of the 8th of September, there’s a tiny pulse of swell at Alfagar – a reef break. The swell is a weak 3 ft from the WNW with a modest period of 10 seconds. The combined energy is moderate, at 187, but that’s the best we’ll see for a while. The wind is offshore from the NNW at 13 mph, keeping things clean, but the waves are just so small that it's hard to get excited. It's surfable, but only just.

From there, things go downhill fast. The afternoon of the 8th flops, and then we hit a real dry spell. From the 9th of September all the way through to the morning of the 16th of September, it’s pretty much a write-off. The swell drops to a pathetic 1 ft to 2 ft, with periods that are mostly short and weak. The wind might be glassy or light, but there’s just no push. It’s a long gap with nothing worth paddling out for.

There’s a glimmer on the morning of the 17th of September. The swell picks up a touch to 2 ft from the WNW, with a 10-second period, and a clean cross-offshore breeze from the NW at just 3 mph. It’s still tiny, but it’s the most surfable it’s been in over a week. The combined energy is a low 63, so you’re not getting any power, but for a longboard or a funboard, it might be worth a look if you’re desperate.

After that, it’s back to the doldrums until the morning of the 23rd of September. That morning, we finally see a bit more life. The swell jumps to 2 ft from the WNW, but the period stretches to 14 seconds. That long period gives it a bit of groundswell character. The combined energy is back into the moderate three-digit range at 118. The wind is light from the NW at 6 mph, so it’ll be clean. Alfagar as a reef break should handle that longer-period swell better than a beach break would, which is a small positive. It’s still not big, but this is the only time in the whole window where the energy feels like it’s there. The afternoon gets blown out by a cross-shore, but the morning is the pick of the whole forecast.

Honestly, if you’re a beginner, the whole period is fine, because the swell never gets bigger than 3 ft, but it’s rarely well-shaped. The water temp is around 69°, which is a touch cooler than average for this time of year – about 2° cooler, so just a bit of a nip in the air.

That’s the long and short of it. A whole lot of nothing, with one or two mornings that are just barely worth it.

Rusty.

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