Costellos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you – it's a lean stretch for Costellos. We're looking at a long, quiet run with very few windows that are worth paddling out for.

The first real sniff of something half-decent doesn't show up until Thursday morning, September 3rd. We're getting a little 4ft SSE swell rolling in, but the period is short at 5 seconds, so it'll be a bit weak and messy. The big draw here is the wind: a glassy NW breeze. That'll make the surface clean as a whistle, but the wave energy is still pretty low (109). It's a tiny window of hope, but it's a start.

Friday morning, September 4th, is another one to keep an eye on. Swell drops back to 2.6ft from the ESE, but with a light WSW cross-offshore breeze, the conditions should be clean. Wave energy is low (68), but for a quiet period, it's surfable. If you're itching for a paddle, that's your best bet for some clean little lines.

The swell does try to show some muscle for the weekend of the 5th and 6th, with Saturday afternoon seeing 4.9ft and Sunday morning hitting 5.2ft, and the energy jumping up hard (344 and 448). But the wind is a mess – cross and cross-onshore, making it choppy and poor. That's a write-off.

After that, the forecast is a long, slow grind of tiny waves and poor conditions. We're talking days of 0.7ft to 2.3ft slop, with the odd bit of clean wind but no real energy to work with. There's a small window on Tuesday afternoon, September 15th, with 2.6ft ENE swell and a light offshore breeze, making it clean. It's not much, but it's clean.

The stand-out, and this is a real late-bloomer, is the last day. Thursday, September 17th. The afternoon session shows a clean 1.6ft SE swell under a gentle WNW offshore breeze. The wave energy is still modest (74), but the combination of a clean offshore wind (the best kind) and a little bit of shape makes this the closest thing to a winner in the whole outlook. The swell direction is SE, which is a good match for the break's optimum. It's a reef break, and it's inconsistent, so you'll be waiting for sets, but when they come, they'll be clean.

Overall, keep your expectations low. The first week is a write-off apart from a couple of brief, clean windows. The best of a quiet bunch is the Thursday afternoon, September 17th, if you're patient and want a clean, soulful session. No big swells, no magic, just a few clean chances.

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