Canova Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the next couple of weeks here at Canova Beach. It’s a pretty quiet stretch overall, so we’re going to have to be patient, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Right now, and for the next several days, it’s honestly pretty flat and messy. The water temp is sitting around 87°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least you won’t need a wetsuit waiting for the scraps.

We’ve got a long gap of poor conditions here. From Monday the 24th all the way through until the end of August, there’s just nothing happening. The swell is tiny, mostly under 2 feet, and the period is short, so there’s no real energy in the water. The combined energy is weak, reading between 17 and 92. The winds are mostly cross-on or onshore, making for choppy, unappealing surf. It’s a real bummer.

The first little glimmer comes on the morning of Friday the 28th of August. We get a brief window of glassy conditions with a light SSE wind, and you might find some 1 feet waves from the east. The combined energy is still low at 42, and it’s surfable but very ordinary. It’s a small window before the onshore winds come back. The pattern of small, weak waves and poor conditions continues right through the end of the month and into the start of September.

Things start to look a bit more promising in the first week of September. On Tuesday the 1st of September, we see a jump in period to 15-16 seconds, with a combined energy of 121-149. That’s a proper groundswell pulse, but unfortunately the swell height is still only 1-2 feet, so it’s not going to produce much. The morning of Wednesday the 2nd of September is glassy again, but with similar tiny waves.

Now, the real standout is the morning of Friday the 4th of September. This is the best we’ve got. We’re looking at 3 feet of east swell with a 13-second period. The wind is blowing from the west at 12 mph, which is offshore, so it’ll be clean. The combined energy is moderate at 331. This is as good as it gets in this outlook. The waves will be small but clean, and with the offshore wind, it’ll be well worth a paddle. The afternoon holds the same quality.

After that brief burst, the swell drops back off into the second week, with energy fading and the wind turning onshore again. There are a few more mornings with light winds, like the 8th of September, but the swell is tiny and inconsistent.

To sum it up: for the next week and a half, it’s mostly flat and choppy. Your best bet is to wait for the morning of Friday the 4th of September. Get up early, and you’ll find the cleanest, most fun waves of the forecast period.

Rusty.

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