Coxos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The first proper window of surf we’re looking at is Friday morning, August 28th, and honestly, it’s a bit of a tease because it sets the bar and then things go quiet for a stretch. That morning, Coxos is the only game in town, and it’s offering up a clean 8ft of WNW groundswell with a solid 11-second period. The energy behind it is strong, with a combined reading of 1284, and the wind is dead glassy from the WNW at a mere 3 mph. That’s the kind of clean, powerful setup that gets the heart rate up. It’s an advanced reef break, so this is not the day for the faint-hearted, but for those who know the lineup, it’s going to be firing. The water is sitting at 68°, which is about average for the time of year, so nothing weird there.

But here’s the rub – that Friday afternoon, the wind swings around to a fresh NW at 12 mph, blowing onshore. The swell is still there at 7ft, but the surface is gonna get chopped up. From Friday afternoon all the way through to Wednesday, September 2nd, it’s a real washout. The wind stays mostly cross-onshore, gusting anywhere from 12 to 22 mph, and while the swell hangs around in the 4ft to 7ft range, it’s going to be lumpy, messy, and ultimately pretty poor. There’s a stretch of about five days there where I wouldn’t even bother paddling out unless you’re a glutton for punishment. The energy drops too, dipping into the low hundreds, which tells you it’s weak and unruly.

Now, if you’re willing to wait, there’s a glimmer of hope on Thursday morning, September 3rd. The wind goes light and cross-offshore from the ENE at 6 mph, and the surf cleans right up. Swell is a modest 5ft from the NNW, but the period has dropped to a short 7 seconds, and the energy is down at 208. It’s surfable, and it’ll be clean, but it’s not going to be a classic. The afternoon looks marginal again, so make the most of that morning session.

After that, it’s another grind. Friday the 4th is tiny, just 2ft of weak, short-period swell, and the weekend is full of cross-onshore junk. The week that follows is more of the same – small, messy, and blown out. The swell tries to build again on Thursday, September 10th, with 7ft of NNW swell and an 8-second period, but the wind is cross-onshore again, and it’s just not clean. The energy is moderate, around 587, but it’s not going to be worth the paddle for most.

Bottom line: this is a bleak 16-day outlook for Coxos. The one true standout is that Friday morning, August 28th. Get it while it’s glassy and powerful. Everything else is either too small, too windy, or just plain messy. There’s a good gap in quality from that morning right through until Thursday the 3rd, and then again after that, it’s pretty flat and unfriendly. It’s one of those stretches where you take the good window when it comes and don’t look back.

Rusty.

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