Coragi Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for our local patch.

We’ve got a bit of a mixed bag over the next fortnight, but there’s a real standout window building for the end of August and into the very start of September. The first few days are surfable but nothing to write home about. The real juice shows up on the weekend of the 29th and 30th.

Friday 21st kicks things off with a clean, gentle offshore breeze from the NNE. The swell is a modest 3ft from the SSW with a 12-second period. The water temp is sitting at 82°, which is about average for this time of year – nothing unusual there. The morning session is the pick of the day, with that offshore wind keeping things clean. The afternoon gets a bit breezier, but still surfable.

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd are similar. Wave heights nudge up to 3ft on Saturday, with a touch of cross-offshore wind. It’s clean, but not special. Sunday gives us a return to gentle offshore winds, again with 3ft SSW swell. The combined energy is moderate at best.

Monday 24th through Wednesday 27th sees a dip in quality. The swell drops and the period shortens to 8 seconds, which is weak, short-period wind swell. The winds stay offshore, so it’s tidy, but the waves are just ordinary. The combined energy drops to weak. This is not a good time to get excited.

Now, Friday 28th is interesting. The morning swell is tiny at 1.0ft, but the period is a massive 19 seconds. That’s a very long-period groundswell, but it’s just too small to do anything with. The afternoon picks up a bit to 2ft with a 17-second period, but again, it’s marginal. A sign of things to come.

The standout is the weekend of Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th. This is the best on offer in the whole forecast. On Saturday, we get a solid 3ft to 4ft SSW swell with a long 16-second period, and the wind is blowing moderate offshore from the NNE. The combined energy jumps to a strong level. These are big, powerful waves with good shape, but that long period means it might be a bit too straight for the beach break – it’s a reef, so it’s an excellent spot for it. This is for advanced surfers.

Sunday 30th is even better in terms of size, with 4ft from the SSW and a 15-second period. The combined energy peaks. The morning is clean with a light cross-offshore breeze from the east, making it glassy and perfect. The afternoon turns a little cross-onshore, so go early. This is the best session of the whole run.

Monday 31st is also a beauty. The wind goes dead calm, glassy, with a 3ft S swell at 14 seconds. The energy is strong. This is a classic, clean, lined-up morning. The gentle offshore stays for the afternoon as well.

The first few days of September are still decent, with a clean 3ft SSW swell on the 1st, but the energy drops off. By the 4th and 5th, the swell is weakening again, and the period shortens, turning into weak, ordinary surf.

So, the pick of the lot is Coragi (reef) on Sunday morning, August 30th. Head down early for a 4ft SSW groundswell with that 15-second period, light cross-offshore wind, and strong energy. It’s a reef break, so it’ll handle that long period better than a beach. It suits advanced surfers, and it can get crowded sometimes, so be prepared to share the lineup. The Saturday the 29th is a close second.

Rusty.

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