Anne Street Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, mate, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the surf forecast for Anne Street Reef over the next couple of weeks.

To be honest, it’s a bit of a slow start. The ocean’s looking pretty ordinary for the first stretch. We’re coming off a weak, short-period SE swell, and the wind is all over the shop, mostly cross and cross-onshore. That combination is just making a mess of things. The water temp is sitting at 70°, which is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Wednesday the 9th is a write-off. There’s a tiny bit of swell, only 2.6ft, but it’s short-period and lumpy. You’d be fighting for scraps. Thursday the 10th sees a bit more energy kick in, with the swell pushing to 5.2ft in the morning, but the wind is cranking at 22 mph onshore. It’s going to be stormy, messy, and not worth the drive. That afternoon, it jumps up to 8.2ft, but it’s still cross and lumpy, and that’s getting into the size where it’s only for the experienced heads, and even then, it won’t be clean.

The rest of that first week into the middle of September is much the same story. We’ve got some swell in the water, between 3.3ft and 6.2ft, but it’s all short-period windswell, and the wind just can’t make up its mind, flipping between cross and cross-on. The energy readings are mostly in the low to mid hundreds, which is moderate at best, but it’s all for nothing with the chop. It’s frustrating, because there’s waves, but they’re just not rideable.

Heading into the weekend of the 14th and 15th, the swell drops right back down to under 3.3ft. It’s small, weak, and the conditions remain poor. You’d be better off finding something else to do.

We’re looking at a real dry spell from around the 16th to the 22nd. The swell drops right off, with wave heights barely scraping 1.6ft to 3ft. The energy levels are weak, often in the low double digits. It’s basically flat, or close to it. This is a proper lull, and it’s going to feel like a long one.

Now, here’s the glimmer of hope. As we push into the tail end of the forecast, around the 23rd and 24th of September, things start to wake up. On the morning of Wednesday the 23rd, we see the swell come back up to 4.3ft, and there’s finally a bit more energy behind it, with the combined energy reading hitting 201. The period is also starting to stretch out a bit.

But the real standout is Thursday the 24th. The morning is looking like the best of the whole window. We’ve got a clean 3.9ft of SE swell pushing in, with a period of 9 seconds. The wind is a light cross-offshore breeze from the NNW, which is going to leave the surface glassy and clean. The energy is solid, reading 239, which tells you there’s some proper push in the water. This is the one to circle on the calendar. It’s a week and a half away, so don’t hold your breath just yet, but it’s a promising sign. The swell direction is ESE, which is spot on for Anne Street Reef, and the potential is there for some fun, rippable waves. This is the standout of the whole run, and I’d be making plans for that morning. After that, the wind looks to pick up again in the afternoon, so get out there early.

So, in short, there’s a whole lot of nothing for the next week and a half, but that Thursday morning on the 24th is looking like the real deal. Hang in there.

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