Crow Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, cobber, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at this 16-day stretch. I’m telling you now, it’s a dead run. No standouts, no good waves, just a whole lot of nothing. The near-term has a bit of size, but the wind is a bastard, and the quality is rubbish. The long-range is even worse—tiny and onshore. Let’s go through it.

Crow Point is a sheltered point, and it’s rarely breaking. It likes a west swell. The first Monday, September 7th, we get a waist to chest high swell at 5ft from the west with an 11-second period, but the wind is cross-on at 15 mph, and the combined energy is moderate (807). The water is 66°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year. Conditions are poor, though—that cross-on breeze messes it up. That afternoon the swell bumps to 6ft, period 13 seconds (strong energy at 1087), but the wind jumps to 19 mph cross-on. It’s lumpy and ugly. No good.

Tuesday the 8th keeps the swell around 6ft from the west, but the period drops to 9 seconds, and the wind stays cross, 9 mph in the morning and a nasty 22 mph in the afternoon. The energy is still moderate (586 and 471), but the surf is poor. Wednesday the 9th sees a clean window in the morning—4ft, west swell, 8-second period, and a light cross-offshore breeze at 9 mph. The energy is weak (190). It’s small and clean, but for a rarely-breaking, beginner-friendly point, 4ft is okay. The wind is good, but the swell is inconsistent and weak. Still rated poor, though.

From Thursday the 10th, it’s all downhill. The swell drops to knee-high or smaller, the wind is onshore or cross-on, and the energy values fall into the weak range. The period hangs around 6-8 seconds, so it’s windswell junk. The morning of the 13th sees a little bump to 5ft from the west with a 7-second period, but the combined energy is just 209 (weak) and the wind is 15 mph cross-on. Choppy and poor. After the 14th, the swell is barely 3ft, and by the 15th it’s back to 4ft with 22 mph cross-on wind—lumpy and useless.

The second week is a slow death. From September 16th onward, the swell drops to under 3ft, often under 2ft, with periods of 5-9 seconds. The energy is all in the double digits or low triple digits (weak). The wind is either onshore or cross-on, 15-25 mph. It’s flat, messy, and not worth a look. The 22nd of September has a 0.3ft swell with a 16-second period, but that’s a ghost—combined energy is 9 (weak), and the wind is 19 mph onshore. Don’t bother.

The bottom line: this is a 16-day blank for Crow Point. The spot is rarely breaking anyway, and the windows with swell are ruined by wind. The water is warm, but that’s the only positive. For a sheltered point like this, when it’s not breaking, it’s not breaking. The forecasts can change, but right now, I’d hang the board up and wait for the next one.

Rusty.

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