Avoca Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me tell you what I’m seeing for Avoca Point. This is a bit of a mixed bag, and we’re going to have to be patient. The water temp is sitting around 64°F, which is pretty much normal for this time of year, nothing unusual there.

The first few days are a write-off, to be honest. Monday afternoon is gusty cross-shore junk at 28 mph with onshore chop—stay out of the water. Tuesday morning has tiny 2ft waves from the east-northeast, not worth a paddle. But hang in there, because Tuesday afternoon is where it starts to get interesting.

Tuesday afternoon, August 11, we get a jump in energy with a 5ft south swell at 11 seconds. The energy reading is solid (684), and with a light west wind keeping it cross-off, the wave face will be clean. This is the first real standout—friendly for intermediates, and Avoca Point handles a south swell well. The wind stays light, making for some really nice, lined-up sets.

Wednesday the 12th drops back a bit. Morning has 3ft south swell, moderate energy (215), and still cross-off wind, so it’s surfable, but nothing to write home about. Afternoon gets smaller and cloudier—3ft, ordinary conditions.

Now, Thursday morning, August 13—this is the pick of the whole run. We’ve got a 6ft south swell, period is short at 8 seconds but the combined energy is pumping hard at 530. More importantly, the wind is offshore from the southwest at 12 mph. That’s proper clean conditions. Avoca Point will be running with that southwest wind grooming the faces. It’s moderate energy, but the quality is there for a solid session. Expect good-size, clean lines.

Friday the 14th keeps it going: morning has 4ft south swell, light offshore wind (6 mph), and clean conditions (274 energy). It’s a smaller version of Thursday, but still a good morning session.

Over the weekend and into the second week, things get messy. Saturday the 15th has rain showers, and the swell drops off into weak, choppy short-period slop. Sunday the 16th is even smaller—1ft from the south with a long period of 12 seconds, but the energy is barely 90 and the wind turns cross-shore. Not worth a paddle.

The whole second half of the window, from Monday the 17th right through to Tuesday the 25th, is mostly poor. We get onshore winds, tiny swell, cross-chop, and a lot of days with very low energy (mostly under 200). There’s a brief flicker on Wednesday morning, August 19, with 5ft east-southeast swell and glassy offshore wind from the south-southwest (224 energy), but the swell direction isn’t ideal for Avoca Point—it’s more of a beach-break angle. By then, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than a proper paddle session.

So here’s the bottom line: Tuesday afternoon August 11 and Thursday morning August 13 are your true standouts—clean, solid south swell with favorable wind. After that, the surf turns ordinary, with a long gap of poor quality until the very end of the window, where a couple of days in the last week (August 24 and 25) show bigger swell but are ruined by onshore and cross-shore wind. If you’re looking to score, make the call early next week.

Rusty.

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