Corners Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks at Corners are looking pretty grim. We’ve got a long stretch of poor conditions ahead, with only a couple of fleeting moments that might get you wet. The first real surf doesn’t show up until Sunday the 30th, and even then it’s ordinary.

To start with, Thursday the 27th is a washout – stormy, cross-shore wind at 15 mph, and a lumpy 6ft west swell with a combined energy of 922. It’s not worth the drive. Friday and Saturday are clean but tiny and disorganised, with the swell dropping and shifting to the southeast, and the wind, while cross-offshore, is too strong to make anything of it.

Sunday morning the 30th is the first glimmer – an ENE offshore breeze at 12 mph, and a small 2ft south swell. It’s surfable, but very ordinary, with the energy down at 144. The water temperature here is 84°, which is bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there. Sunday afternoon picks up a touch to 3ft but the wind swings northeast and gets fresh, so it’s not great.

Then we hit a proper dead zone. Monday the 31st is small and stormy, with a strong breeze and cross-offshore wind. Tuesday the 1st of September is a write-off – gale-force winds at 40 mph, heavy rain, and blown-out surf. Wednesday is stormy again, with onshore wind and weak swell. Thursday the 3rd sees a pulse of 7ft west-northwest swell, but the wind is cross-onshore and choppy – it’s messy, and the energy reading of 866 is substantial, but it’s not surfable for a paddle. To be honest, it looks more interesting for kite surfing than surfing.

The rest of the second week stays poor. There’s a tiny bump on Monday the 7th of September – a 7ft northwest swell in the afternoon, but again, cross-onshore wind and choppy. The 8th has a 5ft northwest swell but it’s cross-shore and lumpy. After that, it fades into tiny, weak leftovers, with waves under 2ft by the 10th and 11th. There are no standouts in this window, no clean, decent-size swell with good wind. If you’re desperate, Sunday morning the 30th is the only surfable wave, but don’t expect much. This blank run is pretty normal for this area – when it’s flat, it tends to stay flat for a while, but forecasts can change, so don’t bin your board yet.

Keep an eye on it, but for now, I’d be finding something else to do.

Rusty.

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