Costellos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s look at what’s cookin’ at Costellos over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, mate, it’s a total flat spell. The whole 16-day stretch is a bust for any decent surf. You’re lookin’ at a long dry run from late August right through the first half of September.

Thursday the 27th kicks off with a tiny 3ft SE swell, but the cross breeze out of the south is messin’ it up, and the wave energy is only moderate at 111 – but it’s poor quality. The afternoon’s no better: swell bumps to 5ft but the period drops to a lousy 5 seconds, energy falls to 92. Total junk.

Friday the 28th is the closest we get to a highlight, and that’s only because the morning has light offshore winds from the south. Swell’s only 2ft from the SE, period a weak 8 seconds, energy down at 81. It’s clean, but there’s no power. Saturday morning the 29th goes glassy with that same 2ft SE swell, but the energy’s just 57 – barely a ripple.

From Sunday the 30th onward, it’s grim. Swell drops to 1ft and then 1ft, with energy numbers fallin’ into the teens and single digits. We get a few clean moments with offshore or cross-off breezes, but the waves are too small to ride. Even the little bump on Wednesday the 2nd of September – 7ft SE swell with a 6-second period and 329 energy – is totally wrecked by cross-onshore wind and chop. That kind of size with short period is messy, and with the wind, it’s really more of a kite session than a paddle.

The entire second week stays small and poor. No standout days. The best you can hope for is a clean but tiny morning, like Friday the 11th of September, with a 1ft swell and offshore WNW wind at 15 mph. Clean, sure, but you’d be lucky to get a ride.

Water temp is about 66°F, which is normal for this time of year.

Bottom line – leave the boards at home. This is a rare, bleak run for Costellos, and with the break bein’ inconsistent anyway, a long blank stretch like this ain’t too surprising.

Rusty.

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