Coastguard Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this outlook is a tough one. We’ve got a 16-day window, but the surf is basically off the table for the entire run. There’s no standout, no hidden gem, no sneaky session to get excited about. The only spot on the radar is Coastguard Beach, but it’s a lean stretch ahead.

Looking at the whole picture, the swell energy is just too weak. We’re talking combined energy values barely reaching 173 (moderate) on one afternoon, but mostly stuck in the low double digits or even single digits – that’s barely a ripple. The waves themselves are tiny, with the biggest push coming in around 4 ft on Monday the 17th, but that’s coupled with a strong 28 mph wind and heavy rain, making it absolute junk. The period is short, around 5 seconds, so it’s all windswell and no shape.

For the first real week, from Saturday the 15th through to Saturday the 22nd, it’s grim. The swell is below 3 ft most days, and when it does bump up, the wind is onshore, cross-onshore, or just too strong. The only clean windows are on Monday afternoon the 17th (3 ft from SSE, 6 sec) and Tuesday morning the 18th (2 ft from SE, 7 sec), but the energy is so low (63 combined energy) it’s barely worth paddling out for. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no shock there, but it won’t make up for the lack of waves.

Then we hit a real dead zone. From Sunday the 23rd all the way through to the end of the forecast on the 30th, the combined energy drops to pathetic levels – mostly below 30. The swell is tiny, 0.3 ft to 0.7 ft, and the period is all over the place. There’s a glassy morning on Wednesday the 26th with a 0.7 ft, 11-second groundswell from ESE, but it’s ankle-slappers. The 16-second period on the 20th is a long-period groundswell, but again, it’s 0.3 ft – you’d need a microscope to see it.

Because the swell is so small and the wind is often cross or onshore, the setup at Coastguard Beach is a beach-and-reef mix. Honestly, for the few days where there’s a bit of push (like the 4 ft on the 17th) but with messy wind, this looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer. There’s just no quality on offer for a standard surfer.

Bottom line: For the next 16 days, there’s nothing to recommend. The spot is consistent, but the surf is not. It’s a blank run, and for this area, that’s pretty normal when the forecast is this flat. Keep the board waxed and hope the next swell fills in.

Rusty.

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