Coxos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let’s look at what’s in store for Coxos.

It’s a rough stretch overall. Plenty of swell from the NNW, which is the right direction for this reef, but the wind is gonna be the enemy for most of it. The first couple of days are the only real hope, and even those are touch-and-go. After that, it’s a long haul of onshore and cross-onshore winds that will trash the waves.

We start Monday the 17th with a small, weak 1.5m swell from the NNW at 8 seconds. Water temp is 19°, a bit colder than normal. Wind is onshore, so it’s a no-go. Not worth paddling out.

Your only real window is Tuesday the 18th. Early morning, the wind shifts to SSW, giving a nice cross-offshore breeze. That same 1.5m NNW swell is still there, with moderate wave energy (283), and conditions should be clean. That’s your best shot in the whole 16 days. Not huge, but rideable and tidy.

After that, it all falls apart. Tuesday afternoon the wind goes cross-shore and picks up, and from Wednesday the 19th onward, it’s a constant string of poor surf. Swell hangs around through the rest of August and into September, with some pulses over 6ft, but the wind stays stuck from the NNW and N at 15-28 mph, making a mess. The combination of strong wind and lumpy, choppy conditions means this will be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

There’s a bigger pulse around the 27th of August (Thursday) with 2.2m from the NNW at 8 seconds, and again on the 31st with 2.2m and a 9-second period. Wave energy gets strong, over 900, but the cross-on wind and poor conditions ruin it. That 2.5m swell on the 1st of September (Tuesday) is too big for beginners and still has the wind wrong.

Honestly, for the full 16-day run, Tuesday the 18th is the only standout, and it’s nothing special. The rest is a washout. That’s a long dry spell, but with this wind pattern, it’s just how it goes around here.

Rusty.

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