Condos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve got to be straight with you – the outlook for Condos over the next couple of weeks is pretty grim. There’s really nothing to get excited about, and it’s a long, dry stretch. The first real chance of a wave doesn’t even show up until Saturday morning, 22 August, and even then, it’s tiny.

We start off on Saturday the 22nd with a small, weak SSE swell pushing in at 2 ft, with a short period of just 4 seconds and weak energy (15). The wind’s light and cross from the SSW, so the surface isn’t totally trashed, but it’s still a cross-shore bump. By the arvo, the wind swings SE and picks up to 12 mph, making it choppy and onshore. The swell drops to 1 ft. This pattern pretty much holds all through that weekend and into the following week – tiny waves, onshore or cross-onshore winds, and poor conditions. The water temp is sitting at 85°, which is pretty normal for this time of year, so at least the paddle’s warm.

Come Tuesday the 25th, the morning swell bumps up slightly to 3 ft, still from the SSE with a 5-second period and energy reading 28. But the wind is a moderate 12 mph from the south, cross-onshore, so it’s choppy and messy. Not a surfable moment in sight. The whole of that last week of August and first few days of September is more of the same: weak, short-period SSE to SE swell, rarely reaching even 3 ft, with persistent onshore or cross-onshore breezes.

There’s a small bump in the energy on the 6th of September – a Sunday morning – with the swell hitting 3 ft from the SE, period still only 6 seconds, and the combined energy climbing to 92. Still, the wind is cross-onshore from the SE at 9 mph, making it fairly choppy. The afternoon gets a bit bigger, 4 ft from the SE, period 7 seconds, and energy hits 143 (moderate energy now), but the wind is onshore from the east at 12 mph. It’s still messy, poor surf conditions. For a beginner spot like Condos, that’s not going to be any fun.

The bottom line: there are zero standout sessions here. The entire 16-day run is flat or blown out. Condos is a beginner-friendly, fairly consistent spot, but when the swell is this small and the wind is this bad, you’re better off doing something else. The setup is a beach break, and with the constant onshore wind and weak swell, this looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. Keep an eye on the forecasts – they can change – but for now, leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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