Coffee Break Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what Coffee Break has in store for us this forecast period. It's a reef setup, consistent, and exposed to the north-northeast swell, but we're going to have to wait for the magic to happen.

For the next week or so, it's looking pretty grim. The first good chunk of this run is essentially a write-off. From Monday the 10th right through to the morning of Monday the 17th of August, the wave energy is weak to moderate—peaking around (579) on the Friday afternoon, but it's shackled by cross-shore winds that are going to chop everything up. The swell is short-period, coming out of the east, and every session is rated as poor. Combine that with a moderate to fresh breeze, and you're looking at lumpy, messy surf. There's nothing worth paddling out for here.

We finally get a flicker of life on Monday afternoon, the 17th of August. The combined energy jumps to (550) with a swell from the east at 3 ft, but the real point of interest is that period rocketing up to 13 seconds. That's a proper groundswell pulse. The wind is a moderate cross-shore, but the report calls it "marginal," so conditions are still tricky. This is more of a sign of things to come.

The best bet, and really the only standout in this entire 16-day window, looks to be Tuesday morning, the 18th of August. We've got a solid 6 ft swell from the east with a 11-second period, pumping the combined energy up to a strong (743). The wind is a gentle cross-shore, which is about as good as it gets here for this run, meaning the surf should be clean with some decent shape. It's an exposed reef, so it'll handle that longer-period energy well, but don't expect big walls—the east direction isn't its absolute optimum. Still, with that energy and a light breeze, this is your window. Later that afternoon and into Wednesday the 19th, the energy drops off and the conditions get a bit more marginal.

The rest of the week from the 20th onwards slides back into poor conditions with lumpy cross-shore winds and weaker, short-period swells. There's a glimmer on Tuesday the 25th of August with a risk of thunderstorms and a light cross-onshore breeze, but the 5 ft east swell at 7 seconds is nothing special.

All in all, it's a lean period with a long gap of poor surf. The real highlight is that Tuesday morning session on the 18th. Keep your eyes peeled for that one, but don't hold your breath for the rest.

Rusty.

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