Annascaul Rivermouth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get honest about what's on the table for Annascaul Rivermouth over the next couple of weeks. We've got one spot to work with, and to be blunt, it's looking like a tough run.

Right off the bat, there’s nothing worth paddling out for on Monday. The wind is messy out of the WNW, the swell is a weak, short-period 5 ft, and the combined energy is moderate at best (499). That ‘poor surf conditions’ call is bang on. It’s the same story through Tuesday, Wednesday, and into Thursday. We’re stuck in a cycle of onshore winds, small, weak swell, and choppy, bumpy water. The wind finally starts to ease up a fraction Thursday afternoon, but that 8 ft west swell is too raw and lumpy for anything but disappointment, with a combined energy reading of 1384. The breeze is a light cross-on, which is better than a gale, but the face is still a mess.

Then, Friday the 4th and Saturday the 5th of September are dead. Completely flat. Combined energy readings dropping to 53 and then 17. A couple of clean days with no waves to ride. It’s a blank period.

Sunday the 6th brings a pulse of windswell at 6 ft, but with a pathetic 7-second period and a moderate cross-onshore from the south. It’s just a choppy, poorly shaped mess. Not your day.

There is one light at the end of the tunnel. The real standout, if you can call it that, is Monday, the 7th of September. We’ve got an 8 ft swell rolling in from the WSW with a much better 13-second period. The combined energy is very strong, hitting 2063. The wind is a light cross-onshore out of the WSW, keeping the surface from getting totally torn up. That long period (over 11 seconds) means proper groundswell energy, so there will be clean, powerful lines. This is a spot that’s very consistent and sheltered, and it works best on a SW swell, so this direction is pretty much spot-on. This is the pick of the bunch, but at 8 ft, it’s a session for the experienced crew. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, so a normal summer wetsuit will do the trick.

After that, it’s a slow decline. Tuesday the 8th gets messy with a 10 ft west swell and onshore winds, which is way too much for a sheltered spot to handle. The rest of the second week is a mix of clean, cross-offshore winds but with very small, weak swells (2 ft to 3 ft) and longer periods. By the 14th and 15th, we’re looking at a 3 ft to 5 ft swell again with good wind, but still marginal. It’s a frustrating window.

So, to sum it up: one solid day on the 7th with a strong, clean groundswell for the experts, surrounded by a lot of flat, messy, or blown-out water. If you don’t like the look of an 8 ft swell, you’re basically waiting for the next front.

Stay salty,
Rusty

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