Ambatia Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight up about this one. The next couple of weeks at Ambatia Beach are looking pretty grim. The forecast is a long stretch of poor surf conditions with very little to get excited about. The break is a sheltered beach and reef setup that rarely breaks, and this run is a perfect example of why. It's a flat spell, plain and simple.

We start off on Wednesday, the 12th of August, with tiny 1ft swell from the WNW, and a period of just 6 seconds. The wind is cross-on, and the combined energy is a very weak 15. The water is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, sitting at 85°. But honestly, with surf that small, it doesn't matter. This pattern of weak, short-period WNW swell and cross-on to onshore winds carries on day after day right through the end of the month. The combined swell energy dribbles along below 100, barely hitting 96 on the 16th, and it's all just small, choppy, and wind-affected.

There is a bump in the numbers on the 25th of August. The Tuesday morning swell jumps to 4ft from the WNW, with a period of 8 seconds and a combined energy of 209. That's a moderate pulse of energy, but it's still a cross-shore wind. By the afternoon, the swell is 5ft with 270 of energy, but the wind is onshore. It's still classed as poor surf conditions. The combo of a beach break and a sheltered setup means this swell just won't organize into anything decent. It's a real shame, but that's the truth of it.

You've got a few mornings with light cross-shore breezes, like on the 25th, and the 26th of August, but the swell is too short-period and the break is too inconsistent to ever really fire. There's no standout window here. If you're a kite surfer, those afternoons with a moderate onshore breeze and some waist-high chop might look interesting, but for a paddle surfer, this is a solid two-week period to leave the boards in the shed. The forecast can always change, but for now, I'd say the wait continues.

Rusty.

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