Banna Strand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you—this outlook for Banna Strand is a long haul of frustration with a tiny, fragile light at the end.

The next week and a half is mostly a write-off. We’ve got a big, angry Atlantic pumping in, but the wind is just murdering it. From Tuesday the 15th right through the 19th, it’s onshore, cross-onshore, and lumpy as hell. We’re talking 8ft up to a serious 15ft of WNW swell, but with 30-45 mph winds slapping it flat and ragged. The energy is there—moderate to strong, reading 919 up to a hefty 6689 on the 17th—but it’s all for nothing if you can’t get a clean face. This is not surfable, it’s just a washing machine.

There’s a slight easing on the 20th, but it’s still marginal, with a cross-shore bump. Then on the morning of Monday the 21st, things finally start to look interesting. The wind swings around to a light cross-offshore from the SSE at 10 mph, and the swell drops to a clean 6ft with a 11-second period. That’s a real window of opportunity. The energy is still moderate at 837, but the conditions finally match the swell. This is your first real chance.

Tuesday the 22nd morning is even cleaner—glass with a 5 mph cross-offshore, and 5ft of W swell. But the standout, the one true gem in this whole two-week stretch, is the afternoon of Saturday the 26th. We get a 3ft WNW groundswell with a very long 16-second period, and it’s completely glassy with just a slight air. The energy reading is 981, which is moderate, but that period is special. This is the one to circle. The only caveat—that long period and the sandbar setup here can make things a little straight, but on a glassy day like that, you take it.

The morning of the 27th still has some clean-ish 6ft waves, but the wind picks up hard in the afternoon, and it’s done after that. The final days just fade out into onshore mush and small, messy waves. Not worth getting wet for.

So, the verdict: one solid morning on the 21st, a smoothie on the 22nd, and that magical glassy Saturday afternoon on the 26th is your best bet by far. Everything else? Park the board and watch the horizon.

Keep it salty.

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