Brims Ness Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, listen up. It’s flat as a tack out here for the next few days. A bit of dribble out of the west, some junk wind, nothing doing. We're looking at a real dead spell until the 30th.

The first sign of something worth paddling for is on Sunday the 30th, but it’s a tough one. A new NW swell shows up, pushing 7ft on the morning with a period of 8 seconds. The energy is kicking up to 503, so there’s some push behind it. But the wind’s going to be a messy cross-shore out of the WNW at 12 mph, putting a real chop on the surface. It’s surfable, but you’ll be fighting it the whole time. The afternoon eases off, but the wind bumps up to 16 mph. Not your day to shine, mate.

Monday the 31st is a wash-out. Swell backs down to 4ft, but a fresh breeze from the west at 22 mph is going to rip the place apart. Cross-shore and lumpy, a whole lot of nothing.

Tuesday the 1st of September, the wind goes light and offshore from the SE at 6 mph. The wave is small, around 3ft, but it’s clean. There’s a little bit of energy at 141, but it’s short period and a bit crumbly. Not a classic, just a grovel session. The afternoon dies off.

Then it gets wild. A new pulse of groundswell arrives Wednesday the 2nd, with the period jumping to 12 seconds. That’s proper ocean energy, readings of 358 and 415. But the wind goes straight offshore and howls to 22 mph. That’s shredded. It gets worse Thursday with a near gale out of the SW at 31 mph and a solid 6ft of west swell. That’s not surfable, it’s a washing machine.

Friday the 4th is still blown out, but the wind eases to 22 mph. Swell holds around 6ft, but the surface is too messy.

Saturday the 5th is the big one. The swell really fills in. Morning has 8ft of west swell, period of 10 seconds and combined energy of 1146. The afternoon jumps to 8ft with the energy reading going to 1236. This is the largest, most powerful surf of the whole stretch. But the wind is a cross-shore at 16 mph, putting a serious chop on it. This is Brims Ness, a reef. At this size, it’s going to be a ledgey, heavy beast. The cross-chop will make it a battle. This is strictly for the experts. Over 8ft, this thing is dangerous. This is the one to get excited about, and the one to respect.

Sunday the 6th settles right down. Swell drops back to a friendly 4ft, and the wind swings ESE at 6 mph in the afternoon, going cross-offshore. The surface cleans up nicely. It’s the cleanest wave we’ve seen all period, with an energy of 220. Not big, but proper.

Monday the 7th is a confused day. A fresh offshore wind in the morning but only 2ft of swell. The afternoon brings a sudden pulse of 8ft NNW swell under a SW cross-offshore wind at 22 mph. That’s a jump in size with a short 7-second period. A classic close-out.

Then the storm hits. Tuesday the 8th brings a severe gale out of the west at 47 mph. Don’t even look at the water. We’re talking 13ft of swell in the morning and a raw, powerful ocean – energy at 2636.

That energy takes a while to settle. Wednesday the 9th is still lumpy and bumpy, with a powerful 8-8ft of west swell but a messy cross-shore wind. The wind is still strong. The surface will be terrible. Thursday the 10th calms down with the wind going offshore from the south, but the swell has dropped to just 3ft and the energy is weak.

So, the pick of the two weeks is Saturday the 5th – a big, heavy reef session for the hardcore crew. The only day that looks genuinely user-friendly and clean is Sunday the 6th in the afternoon, but on a much smaller scale.

Keep an eye on that Saturday swell. It’s got some weight to it.

Rusty.

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