Asling's Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Asling’s Beach over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you – it’s a lean run. This is a sheltered little corner, and for the vast majority of the 16-day window, we’re looking at tiny, weak waves with next to no energy behind them. You’ll be waiting a long time between anything worth paddling out for.

Kicking off from Saturday the 18th through to the morning of Thursday the 24th, it’s a write-off. We’re talking wave heights of 0.3ft to 1.0ft, with combined energy stuck in the teens, twenties, or low forties – barely a ripple. There’s a few glassy mornings in there, and the water temp is sitting at 59°F, pretty normal for this time of year, but the surf just isn’t there.

We get a small pulse of swell on the morning of Friday the 24th. It’s a 2ft swell from the SSE with a period of 9 seconds, combined energy hitting 93 – still weak, but it’s the first time the wave comment says “surfable waves.” The wind is light and cross-off from the west, so it’ll be clean. It’s not a standout, just a tiny window where you might get a few little ones.

The run continues quiet until we hit a patch that looks a bit more interesting right at the end. On Friday the 1st of August, we see a jump in size, with a 4ft swell from the ESE, but the period is a short 6 seconds, and it’s being hammered by a fresh onshore easterly at 22 mph. The combined energy is at 127 – the strongest we’ve seen – but the conditions are lumpy and choppy. That’s more of a kite-surfing show than a paddle-surfing session.

The best of the whole outlook, and really the only one I’d bother setting the alarm for, is the morning of Sunday the 2nd of August. We get a 3ft swell from the east with a period of 7 seconds, combined energy at 117. The wind is light and cross-off from the north-northeast, keeping it clean. The wave comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” but compared to the rest of this forecast, that’s the highlight. It’s still a short-period swell, so don’t expect any walls of water, but there’ll be a few fun little waves for a medium board. Keep in mind, Asling’s Beach can get a few people (sometimes), but on a morning like this, it won’t be packed.

The rest of the run after that fades back to tiny, weak dribble. Honestly, if you’re desperate for a paddle, that Sunday morning is your only real shout. Otherwise, we’re in a dry spell until the forecast changes.

Rusty.

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