Canova Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you. Looking at the next couple of weeks, the surf box is looking pretty empty for a while. We've got a long stretch of flat, small, and messy conditions on the cards before things finally start to show a bit of life.

For the first week, from Saturday the 8th through to Friday the 15th, it's a real write-off. We're looking at waves that barely push 3ft at their best, and that's being generous. The swell direction is all over the shop, coming from the E and ESE, but the energy is just pathetic – we're talking readings in the low teens to the 150s for the combined energy. The wind is mostly cross-onshore, which just chops it all up. There's a bit of a glassy window on Tuesday the 11th morning and a clean session on Wednesday the 12th morning with a cross-off breeze, but there's simply no swell to work with. It's ankle-biters at best. You'd be better off finding something else to do.

The weekend of the 16th and 17th doesn't offer much hope either. Sunday the 16th morning sees a bit of a clean-up with a light cross-off breeze, but the swell is still tiny at 1.3ft. Then on Monday the 17th morning, we finally see a pulse of longer-period energy – check out that 13-second period from the ESE – and the energy reading jumps to 61. We're still only talking 1ft, but the conditions are glassy. It's a tease, a real tease. Later that afternoon, the swell does build to 2.3ft and the energy jumps to 129, but the wind swings onshore and it turns to junk.

The real interest starts on Tuesday the 19th and into Wednesday the 20th. The morning of the 19th is glassy with a 13-second period and clean conditions, but the swell is only 1.3ft. The energy is building, though. Then comes the morning of Wednesday the 20th. We've got a 2.6ft swell from the E, a 10-second period, a light offshore W wind, and clean conditions. The combined energy is sitting at a solid 145. That's the pick of the bunch right there. It's not huge, but it's clean and it has some push. That's the one to circle on the calendar.

After that, it fades back into the ordinary. The rest of that week and into the weekend sees the swell back down to 1.3-2ft, with a few clean windows in the mornings but nothing that's going to get the heart racing. Even with a light offshore wind on Saturday the 22nd morning, the swell is just too small.

So, realistically, you're looking at a long, dry spell until the morning of Wednesday, August 20th. That's your standout, and even then, it's a small-wave specialist's game. The period is long, which is good for shape, but at a beach break like Canova Beach, that long-period swell can sometimes just close out. Still, with the offshore wind and clean conditions, it's the only real chance for a few fun ones. Keep your expectations low, and you might just have a play.

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