Crab Island Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, it's Rusty here. Let's be straight with you – this is a tough outlook for Crab Island. Over the next two weeks, we're looking at a real dry spell. The surf is going to be small and the conditions are more about flat spells than anything worth paddling out for. It's a blank run, and for this area, that's not unusual when the swell windows don't line up. But don't lose hope, forecasts can change, and it rarely stays this poor for long.

We start off Thursday the 30th of July with nothing to write home about. A tiny 2 ft swell from the west, with a short period of 5 seconds, meaning weak, gutless waves. The combined energy is a measly 27 (weak energy), and the wind is cross-off from the north-west at 9 mph, which is actually clean, but the swell is too small to do anything with. It's poor surf conditions, plain and simple.

Friday the 31st of July is even worse. The swell drops to 0.3 ft in the morning, with a long period of 9 seconds, but there's no energy behind it. The combined energy is just 3 (weak energy). The wind stays cross-off and clean, but you'd be chasing whitewash.

Saturday the 1st of August sees a similar story: 2 ft of west swell, 5-second period, combined energy of 40 (weak energy). The cross-off wind in the morning keeps it clean, but the waves are tiny and weak. Sunday the 2nd of August offers a brief moment of calm with a glassy morning and 1 ft of swell from the west-southwest, but the combined energy is only 15 (weak energy). It's a pretty scene, but not a surfing one.

The following week, from Monday the 3rd of August through to Monday the 10th of August, is more of the same. The swell height maxes out at 2 ft on Monday the 3rd, with a combined energy of 71 (weak energy), but the wind is cross-shore and the wave quality is poor. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, so no thermals needed.

The second week, from Tuesday the 11th of August onwards, sees the swell bottom out. We're looking at 0.3 ft to 0.7 ft of swell for most of the week, with combined energy values in the single digits. There are a couple of glassy moments on Wednesday the 12th and Thursday the 13th of August, with 2 ft and 1 ft of swell respectively, but the energy is still weak (20 and 9). Nothing here is going to get you excited.

Honestly, there's no standout. There's no one or two days to highlight. The best you could hope for is a session on the 2 ft days with glassy conditions, but even then, it's a marginal surf. It's a real bummer, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

Stay patient.

Rusty.

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