Carola Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

Well, I’ll be honest with you – it’s looking pretty flat out there. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing happening. From now, right through the first week of August, there’s just no surf to speak of. The water’s warm, mind you – 78° – and that’s a whopping 9° above what’s normal for this time of year, so it’s feeling more like a bath than the ocean. But you can’t ride a bath.

The first proper sign of life, if you can call it that, shows up on the morning of Sunday the 9th of August. We’re talking tiny 0.7ft from the north, with a short period of 8 seconds. The combined energy is only a weak 5. That’s not really surf, it’s a ripple. The wind is light and cross-shore, so it’s clean, but there’s just nothing to push you along.

Things stay pretty much the same through the following week. Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th see the same tiny 0.7ft to 1.0ft north-northeast swell, with a gentle to moderate cross-offshore wind keeping things clean. Energy stays in the weak range – 5 to 12. Wednesday the 12th ticks over with a bit more consistency but still only 1.0ft at 9 seconds from the north. The energy is a paltry 14.

The pattern keeps repeating. From Thursday the 13th through to the end of the forecast period on the 20th of August, we’re stuck with the same story: 0.7ft to 1.0ft from the north, with a short period between 8 and 9 seconds, and moderate cross-offshore winds. The combined energy never gets above 18. Even the longer-period stuff we see on the 19th and 20th – 18 to 19 seconds from the northwest – is only producing 0.3ft, so it’s a ghost swell.

Honestly, this is a classic quiet spell. Nothing’s breaking with any kind of push. The only break in the area is Carola, a reef setup that’s exposed to the north, but it’s not even getting a sniff. The winds are clean, but there’s no swell to clean up. It’s a tough one.

If you’re desperate for a paddle, the best bet – and I say that loosely – is the morning of Tuesday the 19th of August. Even then, it’s just 1.0ft from the north at 9 seconds, with a combined energy of 13. Not a standout, just the least flat day on offer. The wind is a gentle cross-offshore, so it’ll be clean, but you’ll be waiting a long time between tiny waves.

Other than that, there’s nothing to recommend. This is a proper blank run for the area. It’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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