Conde Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks. I’ll be honest with you right off the bat: this stretch looks like a tough one. The waves are around, but the wind is working against us most of the time.

We kick things off on Saturday the 29th of August at Conde. It’s a reef break that’s fairly consistent and gets an optimum swell from the south. The water temp is sitting at 79°F, which is about average for the time of year. The problem is the wind. Right from the get-go we’ve got a moderate breeze from the east at 12 mph, blowing cross-onshore and making things choppy. The swell is a knee-to-waist high 3ft from the south with a 13-second period, giving us moderate energy (486). It looks poor. That same pattern holds through Saturday afternoon and into Sunday the 30th, with onshore winds and small surf.

Monday the 31st sees the swell bumping up to 5ft in the morning and 6ft in the afternoon, but it comes out of the east with a short 8-second period, and that wind is still a moderate cross-onshore. The combined energy gets stronger (518 in the afternoon), but the conditions are just too messy. This continues right through the first week and into early September. There’s a pulse on the 2nd of September where the swell hits 6ft and the energy jumps to 817, but it’s still cross-shore and still chopped up.

Honestly, if I had to point to the best of a bad bunch, I’d look at Wednesday the 9th of September. That morning we see a 4ft south swell with a decent 9-second period, but the wind is a fresh 19 mph from the SSE – that’s lumpy cross-onshore and not what we want for a clean wave. Thursday the 10th is similar, with 6ft from the east-southeast, but again, the wind is a solid 19 mph onshore. With that kind of wind and a beach-reef setup, this looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer.

There’s a gap in the quality here from the start all the way through. We have about a two-week stretch where nothing really cleans up. The closest we come to a standout is on Saturday the 12th of September: a 5ft swell from the east-southeast, and the wind goes onshore from the southeast at 12 mph... but that’s still not glassy or offshore.

To wrap it up, there are no true standouts in this 16-day window. The swell shows up, but the wind just won't cooperate. It’s a long dry spell for clean surf. Forecasts can change, but right now it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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