Blue Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the table for the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a quiet stretch overall, but there are a couple of windows where we might snag a wave or two.

The opener is a bit of a slow burn with nothing really happening until after the first few days. The first real chance we get is later in the week. The standout, and really the only one worth getting excited about, is Thursday morning, 27th August, at Blue Bay. We’ve got a clean 5ft swell pushing in from the south, with a light cross-offshore breeze from the SSW at just 6 mph. That’s going to be clean, the combined energy is moderate (425), and while the period is a short 8 seconds, the conditions should be tidy. That morning is the pick of the whole run for a surf. After that, the rest of the week is mostly a write-off with poor conditions and onshore winds or chop.

On Friday morning the 28th, we get a moment of calm with glassy conditions and a 3ft S swell, but it’s average at best and it blows out by the afternoon. There’s a long stretch from Saturday 29th August all the way through to Tuesday 1st September where the surf quality is just poor – cross-onshore, choppy, small.

The Monday morning, 31st August has a glassy start with a tiny 2ft south swell but the period is 18 seconds, which is a very long groundswell. That’s a tricky one for a reef break – it might be too straight and walled up. It’s a surfable wave but very ordinary.

A couple of mornings in early September, like the 1st and 2nd, offer clean offshore conditions with small 2ft to 2ft south swells, but they’re very small and not going to get the heart rate up. We then hit another extended gap of poor surf – from 3rd September onwards, it’s mostly windy and messy, with a few days of chop and onshore slop.

The end of the run on Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th September is tiny, with energy up to just 34 to 129, so it’s essentially flat or near-flat. Not a great finish.

Overall, if you’re after the best on offer, set the alarm for Thursday morning, 27th August at Blue Bay. Everything else is a gamble on very small or poor windows. Hang in there, the forecast can always change quicker than the tide.

- Rusty

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