Avalon-South Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Rusty here. Let me tell you straight up – it’s been a rough stretch in Avalon. Don’t come down here expecting much to ride for a good long while.

Looking at the whole picture, we’ve got a pretty grim run ahead. For the next two full weeks, from Sunday the 23rd of August right through to Monday the 7th of September, the surf is either flat, weak, or blown out. There’s no standout session in this entire 16-day window, so we’re just gonna take it day by day and call it as it is.

Kicking off Sunday morning (23rd), we’ve got a tiny, weak little pulse from the NE. Swell is a pathetic 1 ft with a period of 6 seconds – that’s just wind chop with no push. The combined energy is barely a whisper at (15). There’s a light cross-on breeze, so it’s not even clean. Not worth a paddle.

Through the rest of that week, from Monday (24th) to Saturday (29th), it stays small and ugly. You’ll see the swell bump up to around 4 ft on Tuesday (25th), and the energy climbs into the moderate range (270), but it’s a short-period, messy NE wind swell with a strong cross-on wind. Wednesday morning (26th) cleans up a bit with a cross-off from the SSW, but the swell drops back to 4 ft from the ENE and just isn’t doing anything. Thursday and Friday mornings (27th & 28th) go glassy, which is a tease, but the swell is only 2 ft and weak – total lack of grunt.

Saturday morning (29th) you might get a bit of hope. We’ve got a SSE swell at 3 ft with a 9-second period, and the wind is light cross-off. Combined energy is (180). It’s clean, but it’s still very ordinary – a knee-high dribbler that won't get your heart racing.

The first week of September is more of the same. Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st offer clean mornings with tiny, forgettable energy in the (46-131) range. The water temp is sitting at 63°F, which is just about normal for this time of year, so no shock there.

Tuesday the 1st of September brings a weird one – a tiny E swell at 2 ft but a 10-second period in the morning with clean conditions. The energy is low (69), but that longer period might give a few more lined-up bumps on the sandbanks. Then it gets trashed by a cross-on wind in the afternoon. Wednesday the 2nd morning goes glassy again with a 2 ft E swell, same story.

Honestly, from here all the way to the 7th, it’s just a dead zone. The swell never tops 4 ft, periods are either short or just average, and most of the time the wind is wrong. The energy values stay weak to moderate, mostly in the two-digit or low three-digit range.

There is no session you should set your alarm for. Avalon-South just isn't producing anything rideable for a solid two-and-a-half weeks. If you’ve got a kite, the Tuesday (25th) with that 5 ft NNE windswell and cross wind might be more your thing, but for a surfboard, you're looking at a long dry spell.

Keep the wax in the bag and wait for a proper swell to show up. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a wait-and-see situation.

Rusty.

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