Coffee Bay Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s see what’s cookin’.

Alright, lookin’ at the next couple of weeks for Coffee Bay Point. This is a solid point break, fairly consistent, and it likes swell from the SSE. The water’s sittin’ at 71°F right now, which is a touch warmer than average for this time of year – feels good, but nothin’ crazy.

The next few days are a bit of a struggle, to be honest. The week ahead is mostly a write-off with marginal conditions. We get a bit of a pulse on Sunday morning the 23rd, with an 8ft SSW swell and a clean cross-off wind, but the period is short at 10 seconds and the energy is punchy (1789 combined swell energy). It’s just not that clean, and the tide’s gonna be fiddly. That’s the best of a bad bunch for the first week. Monday the 24th drops right off, with tiny glassy 2ft waves – more of a paddle-out than a surf.

Tuesday the 25th through Thursday the 28th are all messy and onshore with poor conditions. Wind’s gonna be howlin’ from the NE a lot of the time, just trashin’ the place. There’s a bigger 10ft swell on Thursday afternoon, but it’s comin’ from the ENE with a short 8-second period and a strong cross-onshore breeze – that’s a kite-surf setup, not a paddle-surf one. The energy is strong (1897), but it’ll be a frothy, blown-out mess.

We get a bit of a reprieve on the weekend – Saturday the 29th is still messy, but Sunday the 30th sees the wind swing back to the SSW, giving us a clean cross-off. The swell is a decent 8ft from the ENE at 10 seconds, and the energy is moderate (1228). It’s not epic, but it’s the cleanest wave we’ve seen in days. Monday the 31st follows a similar pattern: a bit bigger at 8ft from the SW with a long 13-second period and clean wind – that’s a proper groundswell. This point will handle that period well.

Now, keep your eyes on the second week. The real standout is the first week of September. Mark your calendars for Saturday the 5th of September and Sunday the 6th. Saturday morning is lookin’ special – a massive 16ft SSW groundswell with a very long 16-second period, clean offshore wind, and an energy reading of 17736. That’s serious, powerful, deep-water swell. For the experts only, that – Coffee Bay Point will be pumping. Sunday the 6th is also a gem: another 16ft swell, this time from the SSW with a 14-second period, but the wind is cross-shore, so a little less perfect. Still, the energy is enormous (16078). The following days (Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th) will still have big 12-13ft swells with clean wind, but it’ll be droppin’.

So, the first week is a bust, but the second week, especially that Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th, is where the magic’s at. It’s still a bit far out, so the long-range call is a little less certain, but the models are screamin’.

Stay safe out there.

Rusty

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