Costellos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's talk about what we're looking at for our local stretch of coast, with Costellos as the main focus. Straight up, it's a bit of a slow burn, so don't expect any fireworks early on.

The overall pattern for the next 16 days is one of small, generally weak swell and tricky winds. The first week and a half is pretty lean, with a long gap of several days where there's just nothing worth paddling out for. The best chance we'll see is right at the very tail end of the window, around Thursday the 24th and Friday the 25th.

Alright, breaking it down. From Friday the 11th right through until Wednesday the 18th, it's a write-off. We're looking at tiny swell—nothing above 3 ft—with periods so short (mostly 4 to 10 seconds) that the waves just don’t have any push. Winds are messy, mostly cross or cross-onshore, giving us choppy, bumpy conditions. The combined wave energy stays weak, right down in the teens and twenties. Seriously, save the wax for later.

There's another flat spell from Thursday the 18th through to Tuesday the 23rd. A few of those days offer clean glassy or offshore-looking wind conditions, like Sunday afternoon the 20th, but the swell is still pathetic at 1 ft with a short period. That's not surfable.

Now, we finally get a blip of interest starting Thursday the 24th. The wave energy bumps into the moderate range with a reading of 121, and we see a consistent 3 ft of swell coming from the ESE. The period is a mediocre 9 seconds, so it won't have tons of grunt. What makes it worth a look is the wind—a nice, clean cross-offshore breeze from the WSW. The key here is that Costellos is a reef break, so it can handle that long, straight swell better than a beach break would. This window runs through Thursday and Friday.

The real standout, and really the only call for the whole forecast, is Friday morning the 25th. The swell drops slightly to 3 ft from the ESE, but the period hangs in there at 8 seconds. The clincher is the wind: absolutely dead calm with glassy conditions (0 mph). For a spot like Costellos, which is an inconsistent reef break, getting clean, glassy conditions with even a tiny bit of swell is a treat. If you can get out, you'll find clean little lines.

After that, it's back to small and onshore again for the weekend, fading out.

So, here's the takeaway: for the most part, you've got a lot of time to fix your ding or watch the forecast. The one true standout is Friday the 25th of September. Hit Costellos early in the morning for small, clean, glassy waves. It'll be tiny but pure. The water temp is sitting around 64°, which is pretty average for this time of year, so no major surprises there.

Rusty.

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