Crystals Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me level with you. I’ve been looking at the charts for our area, and honestly, it’s a pretty grim run for the next couple of weeks. There’s a real dry spell on the cards, with a big gap of nothing special before we might see a tiny window of something rideable.

The only spot we’ve got to talk about is Crystals, a beach and jetty setup. It’s fairly consistent, but that doesn’t mean much when the surf is this poor. The water temp is sitting at 76°, which is a couple of degrees warmer than what we’d normally expect for this time of year – feels like a warm bath out there.

Right now, through Monday and Tuesday this week, we’re looking at tiny waves around 1.0 ft to 1 ft, with a short period of 7-8 seconds. The energy is super weak (around 21-25). The wind is mostly onshore or cross-off, but it’s not enough to save the conditions. The word is "poor surf" – and it is.

We roll into Wednesday and Thursday, and the swell tries to pick up a bit. You’ll see some 2 ft to 2 ft waves, with a period of 9-11 seconds on Wednesday morning, pushing the energy up to 100-194. But the wind is cross-on or cross-off, and the comment is still "poor surf conditions" or at best "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." Thursday morning manages a 2 ft swell from the SE with a 9-second period and weak energy (100), but it’s really nothing to write home about.

Then we hit a real dead zone from Friday, 5th September, right through to the middle of the following week. The swell drops back to 0.7 ft to 2 ft, period is all over the place (4-12 seconds), and the energy is pathetic – mostly under 100. The winds are messy, cross-shore, onshore, or cross-off. It’s just flat and ugly.

There’s a small blip on Sunday, 7th September. The morning sees a 3 ft swell from the ENE, with a 9-second period and moderate energy (176). The wind is light offshore from the W – that’s clean. The comment: "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." It’s the best of a bad lot, but it’s still ordinary.

The next standout? Not until Monday, 14th September. The morning shows a 4 ft swell from the NE, but with a short period of just 6 seconds. The energy is moderate (113). The wind is glassy – NNE at 5 km/h, dead calm – so the surface will be like a mirror. The comment is "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." So, after a week of nothing, you might get a few weak, short-period bumps that are clean. It’s not great, but it’s the only thing that looks even slightly promising in the whole run.

For the rest of that second week, it’s back to tiny, weak waves with poor conditions.

Honestly, the whole 16-day window is a write-off. The swell is tiny, the period is short, and the energy is almost always weak. The best I can say is keep an eye on that Monday 14th September morning for a glassy session, but don’t expect much. Otherwise, it’s a long wait.

Rusty

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