Aoura Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's talk about what's on the table for Aoura over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a tough run. Right now, the ocean’s just not playing ball. We’ve got a long stretch of poor conditions with strong onshore winds and messy, choppy surf. The first real chance of anything decent doesn't show up until Monday the 7th of September, so we’re looking at a solid gap of over a week with nothing to write home about. The water temperature is sitting at about 84°F, which is pretty much average for this time of year.

The one window that has my attention is Monday the 7th of September. That morning, we get a bit of a reprieve with glassy conditions and a 5ft swell from the ESE. The combined energy is moderate at 530, and it's a short-period swell, so it won't have the push of a proper groundswell, but it’s the cleanest we’ll see. The wind is dead calm – glassy. That’s a major positive. This is a reef break, so it handles swell well, but it’s inconsistent and for advanced surfers only. On the plus side, it’s exposed to the NE swell, and the swell direction is from the ESE, which is a pretty good match for the optimum direction.

The afternoon of the 7th holds up too, with a 6ft ESE swell and a longer period of 11 seconds. The energy is a bit higher at 887, but the wind swings cross-onshore, so it won’t be as clean as the morning. Still, for a break that rarely fires, this is your best bet.

The few days before that, on the 5th and 6th of September, there’s some swell, but the wind is onshore or cross-onshore, and the quality is poor. On the 6th, the swell is a solid 8ft from the ESE, but the conditions are marginal.

After that window, the winds get messy again, and the swell drops off. The 8th of September sees a 4ft ESE swell, but a moderate cross-shore wind chops it up.

So, bottom line: hold out for the glassy morning of Monday the 7th of September. It’s a short window, but it’s the only one worth paddling out for.

Rusty.

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