Coxos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Friday morning, 28th August – This is the standout. Glassy conditions. A solid 2.3m swell rolling in from the WNW, with a solid 11-second period. That’s proper groundswell energy, with the combined energy sitting at a strong 1284. The wind is absolutely dead – glassy as a mirror. That’s a rare treat. This is going to be clean, powerful, and for experienced surfers only. Over 2.5m? No, but 2.3m with that period is serious. Coxos is a reef break, and it loves a good NW to WNW direction – the optimum here is NNW, so the WNW is a very strong match. It’ll be a bit more lined up than usual. Expect some grunty, hollow walls. Be aware that with that longer period, the sets will have a gap, but once they stand up, they’ll have plenty of push. This is the session to circle.

Friday afternoon the wind swings onshore from the NW at 20 km/h. That’ll turn things lumpy quick. The swell holds but the magic is gone.

Saturday 29th sees the swell backing off – 1.7m in the morning, dropping to 1.4m by afternoon, all straight cross-on wind. Choppy, no thanks.

Sunday 30th through to Thursday 3rd September is a long stretch of mediocre to poor conditions. Swell hangs around the 1.2m to 1.8m mark, but the wind is consistently cross-on from the north or NNW, often fresh to moderate. There’s a brief moment on the morning of the 3rd with a light breeze and 1.4m, but the period is a short 7 seconds and the cross-shore wind will have ripples. Just not clean enough.

Friday 4th September – Swell drops to tiny. 0.7m in the morning, 0.4m in the afternoon. Hardly worth a paddle. Combined energy is a weak 69.

Saturday 5th September – Now things get interesting again. Glassy morning, 1.1m of swell from the NW, but the period jumps to 11 seconds... and then by the afternoon it’s at 13 seconds. The combined energy hits 625. That is a beautiful, long-period groundswell. Now, caveat: at a beach break this long period can make waves too straight, but Coxos is a reef, so it will channel that energy into defined peaks. The morning looks glassy and clean – another top session for the handful who know. Afternoon sees a light cross-on from the west, but with that period it’ll still hold shape. This is your second standout, but it’s further out, so less certain.

Sunday 6th September keeps the long period (12 seconds) with glassy conditions in the morning. 1.2m, good energy. Clean lines. This is a solid session if you miss Saturday.

Monday 7th September – Morning has a light cross-off wind from the SSW, 1.3m from the NNW. Clean. That’s a nice bonus day.

From there, the swell and wind drop off, and the last few days of the window are small, poor, or rain-affected. The 10th and 11th are a mess with rain and fresh wind. Not your days.

So to boil it down: Friday 28th morning is the serious standout – glassy, 2.3m WNW groundswell, 11-second period, and that reef handling it beautifully. And Saturday 5th morning is the longer-range follow-up: glassy again, 1.1m but with a 13-second pulse, deep energy, clean.

Crowds? Coxos is the kind of spot where it’s often busy. On these standouts, expect a crew. That’s the price of quality.

Get after it.

- Rusty

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