Deveraux Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s call it like it is – this stretch for Deveraux Beach is deader than a flat tire. We’re looking at a long, flat spell with next to nothing worth paddling out for. The whole 16-day window is a bust for decent waves, so don’t bother looking at the horizon. This is one of those blank runs that can happen, and it’s pretty normal for the area when the conditions just don’t line up. The swell is tiny, the energy is weak, and we’re mostly stuck with onshore winds messing up whatever little bump there is.

Let’s run through it. From Monday, August 3rd, right through to the end of the window, every single session is rated as poor. The first few days just have junk. On Monday the 3rd, we’ve got a risk of thunderstorms and a fresh 19 mph wind from the SSW blowing straight onshore, with a tiny 3 ft to 4 ft swell from the SSE. The wave energy is a pathetic 43 on Monday morning, bumping to 217 in the afternoon, but that’s just wind-chop, not proper surf. It’s a mess.

Tuesday the 4th is clearer but the swell drops to 0.9 ft to 2 ft with an onshore breeze again. The water temp is sitting at 67°, which is about 2° cooler than normal for this time of year, so it’s a touch nippy, but nothing crazy. The whole first week is a stream of tiny, weak swells with cross-onshore or onshore winds. Saturday the 8th morning goes glassy, but with a swell of 0.3 ft, you’re just floating. There’s no push.

The second week doesn’t get any better. From August 10th to the 18th, we see a few hints of cleaner winds – like Wednesday the 12th morning with a light offshore from the N and a very long period of 15 seconds, but the swell is only 0.3 ft. That’s a groundswell pulse that’s all show and no go. By Thursday the 13th, we get a tiny bump to 2 ft from the ESE with a period of just 5 seconds, and the energy is 38 – still weak. The wind is clean, but the swell is too small and short-period to form anything rideable. It stays like that, with little 1 ft to 3 ft slop, until the very end.

Honestly, there are no standout days. No real swell, no proper waves, just a long stretch of flatness. The only thing worth mentioning is the clean conditions on a few mornings, but with zero swell, that’s just a pretty lake. For a beginner reef break like Deveraux, you need some push, and there’s just none. It’s a total write-off. Forecasts can change, but right now, this is a solid two weeks of no surf.

Rusty.

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