Banna Strand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the next 16 days for Banna Strand. A bit of a mixed bag here, but we do have a couple of windows that’ll get the stoke going.

Right off the bat, the water’s sitting at 63°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. Nice.

We’ve got a big pulse of swell coming through, but it’s a bit of a wild start. Friday the 4th sees a solid 13ft WNW groundswell, with a very long 12-second period and a massive combined energy of 4626. That’s a lot of power. But the wind is howling from the west at 19 mph, straight onshore. It’s going to be a messy, blown-out mess. Not the day for a paddle.

Saturday the 5th is where we get our first real chance. The swell drops to a still-chunky 8ft from the WNW, with an 11-second period and a combined energy of 1192. The wind swings to the SSE, light at 6 mph, turning it cross-offshore. That’s the magic word – clean. The morning session is looking excellent for experienced surfers. It’s a big, powerful wave, over 5ft, so it’s not for the groms, but if you’ve got the skills, this is the standout. The afternoon holds up at 6ft, still clean, just a bit smaller.

After that, the wheels fall off for a while. Sunday the 6th through Friday the 11th is a write-off. Strong onshore winds, lumpy, choppy conditions, and increasing swell sizes that just get blown to pieces. It’s a solid week of poor surf, with big numbers but no quality. For a beach break setup like this, with that much wind and swell, honestly, it’d be more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer.

We get a little glimmer of hope on Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th. The swell hangs around 6ft from the WNW, with a moderate 10-second period. The wind is light, but it’s still a cross-onshore. The forecast calls it marginal. It’s not the clean perfection of the Saturday before, but it’s surfable, and you might find a few if you’re desperate.

The second week gets a bit more interesting for the long-range crew. Monday the 14th sees a very long period groundswell from the WNW at 16 seconds, with 6ft of swell and a combined energy of 1284. But the wind is a strong 25 mph from the NW, cross-onshore, making it a total mess. That long period groundswell would be amazing at a point break or reef, but at a beach like Banna, it’s likely to be too straight and just a washing machine in that wind.

Keep an eye on Friday the 18th. The swell drops right back to 3ft from the WNW, but the wind is from the SE at 6 mph, giving us a clean cross-offshore breeze. It’s small, but it’ll be clean. The following Saturday the 19th is tiny, only 1ft, and the whole run fades out.

So, to sum it up: the absolute best on offer is Saturday morning, September 5th. That’s the one. Big, clean, powerful swell with light offshore wind. The other slight possibility is the long-period groundswell on Monday the 14th, but that’s a long way out and the wind is a killer. Everything else is either blown out, small, or marginal.

Stay salty, Rusty.

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