Coney Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty, and here’s how things are shaping up for the region.

Alright, let’s level with each other—we’ve got a long stretch of flat to tiny conditions coming our way, and it’s going to test your patience. The first break on offer, Coney Beach, is a sheltered beginner-friendly spot and fair-consistent when it works, but right now it’s doing its best lake impression. For the first week, we’re looking at nothing but small, weak dribble. Most days the swell is hovering around 1ft to 2ft, with periods barely scraping past 8 seconds, and combined energies sitting in the weak range—down around 10 to 86 units. The water temperature is a standout, though: sitting at 69°F, which is a whopping 7°F warmer than normal for this time of year. Pretty unusual for August.

Wednesday the 12th is a write-off—cross-on wind, choppy, combined energy of just 40 and 55 units. Thursday the 13th shows a slight glimmer with a 2ft swell on the morning session from the WSW, cross wind, but the energy is still weak at 86. A few clean windows pop up on Friday the 14th with cross-offshore winds and clean conditions, but the wave heights are tiny at 2ft. Saturday the 15th delivers the best wind of the early period—moderate to fresh offshore from the NNW, combined with clean conditions—but the swell is barely 2ft to 1ft, with period dropping to 8 seconds, energy down to 31 and 19 units. Not really rideable for much. Sunday the 16th continues the theme: clean but even smaller at 1ft.

Then we hit a dead zone from Monday the 17th through to Wednesday morning the 19th, with heights barely 0.7ft to 1ft. The one slight pulse to note comes on Tuesday afternoon the 18th: a 4ft swell from the west, period 7 seconds, combined energy hitting 247 units—the biggest energy reading of the whole run. But with a 6-second period, it’s going to be weak and crumbly. After that, we’re back into tiny surf—3ft dropping to 1ft through the end of the third week, with offshore winds on the 19th and 20th but nothing to push.

The fourth week spotlights a couple of very small, very long-period groundswells on the 24th and 25th—swells of 0.3ft from the SW with periods of 13 to 15 seconds, moderate to fresh offshore, combined energy only 13 to 14 units. Those long-period waves are a tease: they’re clean and lined up for a point or reef, but Coney Beach is a sheltered beginner break, and with that tiny height, don’t expect anything rideable.

On the last days, 26th and 27th, we see a small uptick: 2ft to 2ft swells on the 26th with cross-on winds, then 4ft to 4ft on the 27th from the west with period around 6 seconds. Combined energy on the 27th afternoon is 130 units, but the period is short and the wind is cross. Still not a standout by any measure.

Given the conditions, if you’re determined to paddle, wait for a clean offshore day with a pulse—like Tuesday afternoon the 18th or Wednesday morning the 19th—but be prepared for small waves. Otherwise, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on the blustery cross-off days when the wind picks up. Crowds are possible at Coney Beach, but with waves this tiny, you’ll likely have the place to yourself.

Signing off, Rusty.

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