Anne Street Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a tough stretch to be honest, with a lot of sessions that are just messy or blown out, but there is a little window of hope if you can hold out for a clean morning.

We’re looking at Anne Street Reef and it’s a consistent little reef setup that usually handles swell well. The water temp is sitting at 68°, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year. That anomaly of -2° is noticeable, so you’ll want a good spring suit for dawn patrols.

The week starts off pretty average. Tuesday the 25th is a write-off with a weak 3 ft ENE swell (158 combined energy), that NNE wind is cross-onshore and it’s choppy. Nothing doing there. Wednesday morning the 26th is a bit more interesting though – we’ve got clean conditions with a light offshore breeze from the SW, and swell at 3 ft from the ENE with a 7-second period (108 energy). It’s not pumping, but it’s clean and surfable. That afternoon goes glassy with a 3 ft E swell (118 energy) and no wind – dead calm. That’s worth a paddle if you just need to get wet.

Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th are back to poor form with strong cross-shore winds making a mess of things. The swell picks up a bit Saturday and Sunday (the 29th and 30th) hitting 4 ft to 5 ft from the SE, but the wind is moderate to fresh cross-shore and lumpy. The combined energy jumps up to 246 on Sunday morning (30th), but it’s not clean. Not worth it.

Monday the 31st and Tuesday the 1st of September stay poor or marginal. The swell does hit 5 ft on Tuesday morning from the E (254 energy) but came with an onshore wind and poor conditions. That afternoon has a 5 ft swell (277 energy) with a light onshore – still marginal.

Now, here’s the standout. Wednesday morning the 2nd of September. This is the one you want to circle on the calendar. The morning is glassy, winds from the NE at just 3 mph, and a nice 4 ft E swell (250 energy) with an 8-second period. The direction is spot on for the reef (optimum from ESE, and this is close enough), and it’s really clean. That’s the pick of the whole run. It’s not huge, but it’s the only time everything lines up.

After that Wednesday morning, it falls apart again. Thursday the 3rd has a light cross-shore but the swell drops, and from Friday the 4th through to the end of the run on Wednesday the 9th of September, it’s all small, weak, and generally poor quality surf. There are a couple of offshore wind sessions on the 8th and 9th, but the swell is tiny (2 ft to 3 ft), so not worth getting excited about.

So the honest take: Wednesday morning the 2nd of September is your best bet – glassy, clean lines at Anne Street Reef with a solid 4 ft E swell. The rest is mostly a write-off until you get to that.

Rusty.

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