Cap Frehel Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Look, I'm gonna be straight with you – this outlook for Cap Frehel is a tough one. We've got a full 16-day window ahead, but honestly, there's hardly a wave worth paddling for in that whole stretch. The water temp is sitting at 67.6°, which is a solid 4.5° warmer than what we'd normally expect for this time of year, so it feels like a warm bath out there, but that's where the good news ends.

The swell is tiny and pretty weak for the entire forecast. We get a slight bump on the 6th of September, but with a swell of only 1.3 ft from the NW, a period of 10 seconds, and a combined energy of just 24, it's barely a ripple. And that NE wind is blowing straight cross-shore, which is a no-go. It's all "poor surf conditions" from the get-go.

We go through a whole string of days with nothing to offer. There's a slight uptick on the 8th with a 2.3 ft swell from the WNW, but it's got onshore NW wind at 25 mph on the arvo, just blowing it out. The energy gets up to 243 on the morning of the 9th, with a 4.3 ft swell from the NW, but the wind is still onshore and strong. This is just messy, choppy slop. For a break like Cap Frehel, which is a reef, you need it clean, and it's just not happening.

Things don't get any better. The wave heights bob around from 1.3 ft to 3 ft for the next week, with wind either onshore, cross-onshore, or cross-shore. None of it is glassy or off. The combined energy mostly stays in the double digits or low triple digits, showing how weak it all is.

The only tiny glimmer comes on the morning of Sunday the 13th of September. We get a 3 ft swell from the WNW, with a short period of 8 seconds, but the combined energy is 114, which is at least moderate. More importantly, we have a light S wind at 3 mph, giving us cross-offshore conditions. The file says "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions" and it scores a 1 out of 10. It's clean, but it's still small and weak. You could probably get a few knee-high things on a longboard, but that's about the best you're gonna get.

After that, it's back to the same old story. The rest of the second week is a write-off. The swell stays below 3 ft, the wind is almost always onshore or cross-onshore, and the whole thing looks like a kite surfer's dream more than a surfer's. For a paddle surfer, this is a long, dry spell. It's rare to see a 16-day window with no real standouts at all, but here we are. Hang in there, check back when the forecasts change, because it can't stay this flat forever.

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