Cottons Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, looking straight at the charts for the local area.

Gotta be honest with you, the next couple weeks are looking like a bit of a flat spell. We’re staring at a long stretch of small, weak, and mostly messy surf. The first recommendation isn’t until late in the period, so we’ve got a long wait for anything even worth a mention.

For the best part of the first week, from Sunday the 9th through to at least the middle of the following week, it’s pretty grim. We’ve got swells barely cracking 3 feet, mostly from the SSW, but the winds are constantly cross-onshore or onshore. The combined wave energy is very low, with values in the 300 to 400 range, indicating weak and disorganised waves. This is going to be a real struggle to get a decent ride. Honestly, for a beach and reef setup like Cottons Point, the conditions are more suited to a kite session than a paddle.

Things don't start looking even *marginal* until the weekend of the 14th and 15th. The highlight, and I mean the only real standout in this whole 16-day run, is looking like Saturday afternoon, the 15th of August. We see a slight uptick in swell to about 4 feet, from the SW, with a very long period of 16 seconds. That’s classic groundswell energy, and the combined energy reads 784, which is moderate but promising for the size. The real kicker though? Glassy conditions. That’s a big deal.

Cottons Point is a consistent reef and point break, so it handles that kind of long-period swell better than a beach break. With the optimum swell from the SW and glassy winds, this could be a tidy window. Don't expect huge waves, but for clean, lined-up waves in the waist-to-chest high range, this is your only real shot. Just keep in mind it can get busy, so you might have some company.

After that, it's back to the doldrums. The following Monday and Tuesday, the 17th and 18th, the wind picks up again and the swell drops. The second week is mostly small and choppy, with a few marginal moments on the 21st and 23rd of August where the swell is tiny, around 2 to 2 feet, and the wind is still not ideal. Not worth getting excited about.

So there you have it. A long flat spell, a single glassy window on the 15th, and then back to small stuff. It's a quiet run for the area, but forecasts can change. Keep an eye on it.

Rusty.

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