Costa Nova Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Costa Nova’s got cooking over the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a mixed bag, but there are a few windows that’ll get the stoke up.

Right off the bat, the first week is a tough one. We’ve got waves from Monday the 7th through Wednesday the 9th, but it’s all a bit of a chore. The swell’s there, around 5.9 to 6.2 feet from the WNW and NW, but the wind is all wrong. It’s cross or cross-on, and that 15 to 18 mph breeze is going to make it messy. The wave energy is moderate (970 on Monday morning), but honestly, it’s more of a wrestling match than a good time. Not worth paddling out.

Thursday the 10th, things shift. There’s a real standout. The morning goes glassy, with a clean 5.2-foot swell from the NNW. That’s a nice medium-period groundswell (11 seconds) and the combined energy is solid (586). The water’s about average temperature for this time of year. This is your window – hustle down there for a dawny before the onshore kicks up in the arvo.

We hit a flat spell after that. Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th are small and weak, with energy dropping into the double digits. Not much to report there.

But hold onto your board, because Sunday the 13th morning is another proper highlight. We get offshore winds from the ESE, a 3.6-foot NW groundswell with a very long 13-second period, and combined energy is pumping (577). That long period will wrap in with some shape, but at a beach break like Costa Nova, it can straighten out a little. Still, with clean conditions, it’s going to be fun. The crowd factor is “sometimes”, so you might have to share.

Monday the 14th morning is also clean with a cross-offshore breeze, a 4.6-foot NW swell, and good energy (575). Another solid session.

The second week runs a bit patchy. Thursday the 17th and Friday the 18th see the swell pick up to 7.2 – 7.5 feet from the NW. That’s getting into expert-only territory, especially with cross-shore/on winds making it lumpy. The energy is strong (1184 on Thursday arvo), but the quality is marginal.

There’s a silver lining: the mornings of Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th are glassy. Saturday has a 5.2-foot NW swell, and Sunday brings a clean 5.2-foot NNW swell with very good energy (552). For a beach break, that glassy surface is a major plus. After that, the last few days of the forecast look poor again with onshore wind.

So, to boil it down: Thursday the 10th morning is your first real standout. Clean, glassy, and a solid 5.2-foot groundswell. Sunday the 13th morning is another cracker – offshore wind with that long period NW swell. That’s the cream of the crop.

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