Carola Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s break down what’s coming for the next couple of weeks. I gotta be honest with you – this one’s a real bummer. There's a long stretch of nada, so don't get your hopes up early.

Right now, the waves are flat and pretty much useless. That’s the story for most of the forecast period. The first real chance of anything even worth mentioning shows up on Friday the 9th of August, which is a solid week and a half out. Before that, from Wednesday the 30th of July all the way through to Thursday the 8th of August, we’re looking at a big fat zero for rideable surf. Those days are flat, with combined wave energy at zero or barely a whisper. Time to find something else to do.

Let’s talk about that one faint glimmer. On the morning of Friday the 9th of August, Carola (a reef break for the experienced crew) might give you something to look at. We’re talking a tiny 1ft swell from the NNE, with a period around 9 seconds. The combined energy is still only weak at 25. The wind will be light and cross-offshore from the ESE, so the surface could be clean. It’s not a standout by any means, but it’s the best we’ve got. The water temp is 80°, which is a whopping 10° warmer than average – far warmer than you’d expect for this time of year, so leave the thicker wetsuit at home.

That little bump fades fast. Sunday the 10th of August afternoon sees a 1ft pulse from the north, and then a few more scraps of northerly swell roll through the following week, but the energy stays low, wind stays cross-off, and nothing pushes above that ankle-high mark. The period on Thursday the 13th of August afternoon jumps to an 18-second interval from the NW, which is a long-period groundswell, but it’s a pathetic 0.3ft – all show and no go. A reef like Carola might see the tiniest bit of life, but it’s not worth paddling out for unless you’re desperate.

Bottom line: the whole 16-day window is pretty much a write-off for paddle surfing. The consistency is poor, and even when there’s swell, it’s knee-snappers. For this part of the world, a blank run like this happens sometimes. Keep the board waxed, check the forecasts again in a few days – it tends not to stay this quiet forever.

Rusty.

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