Angourie Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here.

Alright, let’s call it as it is – the next couple of weeks are a real mixed bag, with a whole lot of ordinary conditions to sit through. There’s a clear gap in quality, but we do get a couple of mornings where it all comes together. The main standout is one specific morning that’s worth marking on the calendar.

We start on Monday the 24th of August with a tiny pulse of energy. The morning is glassy, with a light WSW breeze, but the swell is only 2ft from the SSE with a 12-second period. The water’s at 68°, which is dead average for this time of year. The combined energy is weak at 125 – just enough for a splash, but nothing to get excited about. The afternoon goes to shit with a 12 mph onshore northeasterly chopping it up.

Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th are total write-offs. The wind is onshore or cross-onshore, and the swell is short-period junk from the ENE. Thursday the 27th is cleaner in the morning with a cross-off breeze, but the swell is still poor, and the energy is weak at 96. The afternoon bumps up to 222 in energy, but it’s only marginal.

Friday the 28th is similar – clean enough in the morning with a 3ft SSE swell, but it’s just not doing much. The weekend is tough. Saturday the 29th has rain showers and a cross-shore wind, with 3ft SSE swell. Sunday the 30th morning is our first proper highlight. The wind is a light cross-off from the SE, the swell is 3ft from the SSE with a 10-second period, and the energy is a solid 226. It’s clean, and it’s the best we’ve seen. The afternoon gets a bigger bump to 5ft from the SE, with energy jumping to 545, but the wind goes cross-shore, making it messy.

Sunday the 30th of August morning is the standout of the first week. It’s clean, the wind is light, and that SSE swell has a bit of shape. Angourie Point (Australia) is a point break, so it handles that south-east energy well, and the water is nice and average for the time of year. It’s not big, but for a clean session, it’s the one.

Now we hit a long, dry spell. From Monday the 31st all the way through to the end of the forecast, the quality drops off hard. Most mornings are clean, but the swell is tiny and weak, and the afternoons are ruined by onshore northeasterlies. The 1st and 2nd of September have 3ft ENE swells with poor wind. The 3rd of September afternoon gets a fresh 19 mph onshore blow – kite-surfing territory, not for us.

The only other glimmer is Tuesday the 8th of September morning. The wind is a light cross-off from the SSE, the swell is 3ft from the NE with an 8-second period, and the energy is 141. It’s clean, but it’s a small, ordinary wave. The afternoon swells to 5ft, but it’s a short-period 6-second mess with a strong onshore wind.

So, bottom line: Sunday the 30th of August morning is your best bet for a clean, fun session on a small but workable swell. After that, the second week is a dead zone, with a lot of flat, windy days. It’s a quiet run for Angourie Point. Hang in there.

Rusty.

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