Bikini Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, my friends, Rusty here giving you the lowdown on what’s cookin’.

First few days it’s small and you gotta play the wind. The water’s a touch warmer than usual for August, which is a nice little bonus.

We start on Wednesday afternoon with tiny 2ft surf out of the SE. It’s glassy though, which is nice, but the energy is weak. Thursday morning stays small and glassy at 1ft, but the afternoon gets a cross-shore breeze that messes it up.

Then Friday morning the 7th, a big pulse of 10ft swell from the south hits, but don’t get too stoked – the wind is howling onshore at 25 mph, making it a total mess. That’s a kite-day, not a paddle-day.

We go through a stretch of lumpy, cross-onshore conditions through the weekend and into early next week. There’s a clean window Saturday morning the 8th with 4ft from the SSE and a cross-offshore breeze, but it’s nothing to write home about.

The first real standout is Wednesday morning the 12th. Glassy conditions again, with a nice 5ft SSE groundswell with an 11-second period. The energy is moderate, but that clean surface is a winner.

But the big one, the one I’m counting down the days for, is Tuesday the 18th. We get a proper south swell that hits 11-12ft with a long period. The energy is massive. The swell direction is SSW, which works a treat here. The wind is light and cross-offshore both morning and afternoon. This is for experts only – way too big for beginners – but for the crew who can handle it, that is the session of the whole two weeks. It’s a long way off, so keep an eye on it, but it looks serious.

Following that, Wednesday the 19th afternoon cleans up with moderate offshore winds and 5ft surf from the south for some very good waves. Thursday the 20th morning stays clean and glassy with a 2ft long-period ESE swell, a nice little finisher to the run.

So, short story: survive the onshore days, surf the glassy Wednesday the 12th, and if you’re a ripper, circle Tuesday the 18th on your calendar.

Rusty.

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