Beacon Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with your local surf outlook. Let’s get into it.

Overall, the next 16 days are a bit of a struggle. We’re looking at a long stretch of tiny, weak swell with almost nothing to get excited about. There’s a clear gap from now through to the middle of next week where the surf is just too small and weak to recommend picking up a board. For most of the run, it’s a waiting game. The water temp is sitting about average for this time of year, so no need to dig out the winter suit just yet.

Beacon Point is the only break on the radar, and honestly, it’s not offering much. It’s a point break that’s exposed to east swell, but we’re getting tiny, short-period ESE energy dribbling in. The combined swell energy is very weak, mostly in the 11 to 78 range, so there’s no push behind it.

The best chance of something vaguely rideable comes on Tuesday, August 18th morning. The swell is a pathetic 1 ft from the ESE at 8 seconds, combined energy a meager 41, but at least the wind is light offshore from the west, keeping it clean. The expert description says ‘surfable waves but very ordinary conditions’ – and that’s the best we’ve got. You’ll need a longboard and a lot of patience.

We then go back into a dry spell until Sunday, August 23rd morning. Again, 1 ft of E swell at 8 seconds, combined energy 44, but glassy conditions with a light WSW wind. ‘Surfable but very ordinary’ is the theme here.

The only real standout in the whole outlook is Sunday, August 30th morning. This one’s a full week and a half away, so keep the salt in your veins, but it’s the one to pencil in. We get a bump up to 3 ft of NE swell, though the period is a short 7 seconds. The combined energy finally breaks into three digits at 112, so there’s some actual energy in the water. With clear skies and glassy conditions, it could be a fun, clean morning on a longboard or a mini-mal. For a beginner-friendly point break, that’s about as good as it gets in this window. Just be aware, the crowd factor is ‘sometimes,’ so you might have company, but it won’t be a zoo.

Wind direction is generally not playing ball for paddle surfing most of the time – a lot of cross-onshore breezes messing things up through the afternoons. There’s no swell over 5 ft in the whole run, so beginners need not worry about being out of their depth. It’s small, clean when the wind allows, and very average. The forecast confidence for that last weekend is okay for a long-range call, but don’t bet the farm on it.

Rusty.

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