Big Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. Let’s talk about Big Bay in feet and miles per hour.

Water temp is a chilly 55°F, which is way colder than normal for this time of year. You’ll want a thick suit and maybe booties.

Wednesday 12 August kicks things off with a clean 6 ft swell from the SW at an 18-second period. That’s long-period groundswell with some serious energy (2215 combined). Wind is a light cross-offshore at 9 mph from the ENE, so the surface is clean. This is a strong, experienced surfer’s wave. Afternoon improves with a pure offshore ESE breeze and swell holding at 6 ft. This is a standout early session: clean, powerful, and long.

Thursday 13 August gets messy. The swell jumps to 7 ft from the WSW in the morning but the wind goes cross-shore from the NNE at 9 mph. Afternoon brings onshore wind from the NW at 6 mph. Not the best.

Friday 14 August is lumpy. 6 ft swell but cross-onshore winds spoil the surface. The energy drops. Surfable but not great.

Saturday 15 August – this is the highlight of the first week. Morning is absolutely glassy, dead calm, with a 6 ft SW swell at a 13-second period. The energy is solid (1152). The wind stays light and cross-offshore from the south in the afternoon. This is going to be clean, lined up, and fun all day.

Sunday 16 August is a bit bumpy with cross-on winds, but the swell holds at 6 to 6 ft.

Monday 17 August brings a big pulse: 8 ft from the WSW in the morning. That’s expert-only territory. Clean with a cross-off wind, the combined energy is huge (2245). Afternoon drops to 7 ft but stays clean. A second standout for strong surfers.

Tuesday 18 August starts glassy with a 7 ft SW swell. Glassy and solid. This is an absolute gem. The afternoon goes a little cross-shore so morning is the call.

The end of the first week and start of the second week fade out. By Thursday 20 August the swell is down to 4 ft with onshore wind. Friday 21 August is tiny – 3 to 3 ft – and the energy is weak (289).

But Saturday 22 August shows a bump: 5 ft from the SW with clean conditions. Sunday 23 August is a proper standout for the second week: 6 ft in the morning with offshore wind from the east. Clean and punchy, energy at 1182. Worth the trip.

Monday 24 August is blown out with 22 mph onshore winds and tiny waves. No good.

Tuesday 25 August has a weird one: only 2 ft of swell but a 19-second period, and glassy conditions. That’ll produce long, slow lines – fun for a longboard.

Wednesday 26 August is clean at 5 ft. Thursday 27 August is the final standout: morning is dead calm and glassy with a 6 ft WSW swell, 12-second period, and energy over 1000 (1068). Clean, punchy, and well-shaped. Afternoon picks up to 7 ft but gets a light cross-shore wind.

Best of the best: Saturday 15 August and Tuesday 18 August in the first week. Sunday 23 August and Thursday 27 August in the second. Solid run overall.

Rusty.

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