Crystals Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer around Crystals for the next couple of weeks.

Well, I gotta be straight with you – for a beach/jetty spot, the outlook is a tough one. The water is sitting at 77°F which is a good 5°F warmer than usual for this time of year, so that's a bit of a treat, but the surf... not so much.

We start off on Thursday, 3rd September. There’s a little bit of energy in the water, with a combined swell energy of 76, but it’s a messy 2ft to 3ft from the SE and ESE, with a cross-off wind. It’s surfable, but the conditions are very ordinary. You’d be fighting for a crumbly little wave.

The whole of Friday, 4th, through to the weekend is a write-off. Tiny, weak swell – we’re talking 1ft at best from the east, and the energy drops right off into the teens and low twenties. Even with clean offshore winds on Friday, there’s just no push. A couple of days you’d be better off with a cold one and a chair.

Sunday, 6th, sees a bump in size to 5ft from the NE, but it’s a short-period, onshore mess. The energy (118) is there, but it’s cross-on and choppy, not worth paddling out for.

The week that follows is a real bummer. From the 7th through to the 10th, we’re stuck with small, weak surf. The swell period stretches to 10 seconds on the 7th, giving a little bit of shape, but the wave heights are barely 2ft to 2ft. The energy hits a high of 128 on the Monday morning, but it’s cross-shore wind, so it’s just bumpy.

From the 11th onwards, it’s a flat spell. The energy readings drop into the low teens and tens, with some days showing zero swell. We get a little glassy moment on the 12th with 0.7ft, but that’s it. By the 16th, we get a clean 12 mph offshore wind, but the swell is gone.

The only glimmer appears right at the end. On Friday, 18th September, we start to see a long-period groundswell of 13 seconds building from the SE. The swell is still tiny, at 1ft to 1ft, but the energy climbs to 71. With a gentle offshore breeze from the WNW, it’ll be clean. It’s the best-looking window in the whole forecast, but it’s still a long way off and the size is marginal at best.

Overall, there’s no standout session here. Everything is either too small, too windy, or too far away. The pick of a very poor bunch is the late Friday afternoon on the 18th, where you might get a clean, long-period waist-high wave if you’re lucky. Keep your expectations low.

Rusty.

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