Constantine Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the 16-day picture for Constantine Bay.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you: this is a tough outlook. For the first eleven days or so, the swell is tiny and the conditions are just not cooperating. We’re looking at a long stretch of small, weak surf with a lot of wind and chop messing it up. The water temp is sitting at 66°, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, so at least it’s not freezing out there.

The first sign of anything remotely rideable shows up on Wednesday the 12th, in the afternoon. The wind goes glassy, which is a big positive, and we’ve got a 3ft swell from the W with a 9-second period. The combined energy is moderate (139). The comment says it’s "surfable but very ordinary," so you’d be getting a few small, clean waves, but nothing to write home about. It’s a beach and reef setup here, so with that glassy wind, it’s your best bet for a quiet session, but don’t expect much push.

Then we go through more poor conditions. The wind is mostly cross or cross-on, and the swell stays small. On Friday the 21st, we get another brief window. The morning shows a clean offshore wind from the ESE at 12 mph, with a tiny 1ft swell from the WNW. The energy is weak (58). Again, it’s "surfable but very ordinary." You’d be on a longboard if anything.

The real standout, and the only one worth getting excited about, is on Sunday the 23rd of August. The morning brings a solid 10ft swell from the WNW with a 9-second period. The combined energy is extremely strong (1436). That is a lot of water moving. However, the wind is a cross-shore from the NNW at 15 mph, creating a cross-chop. This is expert-only territory. The swell is over 8ft, so it’s for the experienced crew only. The break is exposed to the swell, and the direction matches the optimum swell direction of W, so it has the potential to be powerful, but it will be a battle. The afternoon shows a 8ft swell with cross-on wind, making it choppy and messy, so stick to the morning if you’re brave enough.

For the rest of the second week, the swell drops back down and the wind stays onshore or cross-shore, so it’s back to small, poor conditions.

So, to sum it up: the first week and a half is a write-off. The one true highlight is the morning of Sunday the 23rd, with a big, powerful swell, but it’s only for the experts and it’ll be a battle with the wind. If you’re not in that league, you’re better off looking at other plans.

Rusty.

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