Cunns Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk surf.

The only break on the menu for the next 16 days is Cunns. It’s a reef, exposed to the southwest, and the water temp is 60.3°F, which is dead average for late August – nothing unusual there.

Sunday August 23rd is not the one. Morning has 5ft swell from the SW with a 17-second period, heaps of energy (1267), but the wind is cross from the NNE at 16 mph, chopping it up. Afternoon drops to 4.3ft with north wind at 12 mph, still cross. Marginal at best.

Monday August 24th is a write-off. Morning is clean with offshore west wind at 9 mph, but the swell is only 3.3ft with a short 14-second period (411 energy). Then the afternoon gets messy – 5.9ft swell but the wind screams from the SSW at 25 mph with rain. That’s rough, more of a kite day.

Tuesday August 25th has some size. Morning swell is 6.6ft from the SW at 16 seconds, energy at 1856, but the wind is cross from the SSW at 16 mph. Afternoon cleans up a little with wind easing to 12 mph, swell at 5.6ft. It’s okay but not clean.

Wednesday August 26th morning is small – 3.6ft, 13-second period, 431 energy. But the afternoon is a little beauty: swell drops to 3ft, period 12 seconds, but the wind goes glassy from the east at 3 mph. Dead calm. Perfect for a mellow session.

Thursday August 27th morning is lumpy – 3.6ft swell, 14-second period, 864 energy, but fresh north wind at 19 mph. Afternoon picks up to 5.2ft with a very long 19-second period, energy 1924, but still cross from the north at 12 mph. Lots of power but not glassy.

Friday August 28th afternoon is the first real winner. Morning is so-so, but by the afternoon the wind swings south at 6 mph, cross-offshore, and the swell is 4.6ft from the SW with 16-second period, 989 energy. Clean and lined up.

Saturday August 29th stays clean in the morning with light east wind cross-offshore, 3.6ft swell, 14-second period. Fun and small. Afternoon is clean too but the wind picks up from the SE at 16 mph.

The absolute standout is Sunday August 30th morning. Swell is 4.6ft from the SW with 16-second period, energy 1192, and the wind is from the east at 12 mph, offshore. Clean, moderate breeze, the reef will be groomed. This is the best session of the whole outlook for experienced surfers. The afternoon holds clean with 5.2ft swell and cross-offshore wind.

Monday August 31st afternoon goes glassy again – east wind at 3 mph, 4.6ft swell, 16-second period, 967 energy. Another clean window.

From Tuesday September 1st through to Friday September 4th, the swell drops right down – most days are 2.6ft to 3.9ft with shorter periods. A couple of clean moments: Thursday September 3rd morning is dead calm and glassy, 2.6ft swell. Friday September 4th morning has offshore ESE wind at 6 mph, 2.6ft swell.

Then Saturday September 5th morning gives a nice bump: 4.6ft from the WSW, 13-second period, 651 energy, with offshore wind from the SE at 12 mph. Clean and fun.

Sunday September 6th has 5.9ft swell in the morning, 15-second period, 1474 energy, but only a light cross wind from the NNE at 3 mph – just a ripple. Afternoon is clean with cross-offshore south wind.

Monday September 7th morning is choppy with cross-onshore WSW wind at 16 mph, 4.9ft swell. The afternoon cleans up with cross-offshore south wind at 16 mph, 5.2ft swell, 1260 energy. Not a classic but rideable.

So, the one to circle is Sunday August 30th morning – offshore wind, solid 4.6ft groundswell with long 16-second period, clean. The glassy windows on August 26th afternoon and August

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