Devereux Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the menu for the next couple of weeks at Devereux. To be straight up with you, it's a tough stretch ahead. We've got a 16-day window, but for the first week-plus, there's barely a whisper of surf worth paddling out for.

Right off the bat, the water is running at a very unusual 70° F, which is a whopping 7° warmer than average for this time of year. You won't need a thick suit, that's for sure.

From now through to the end of August, we're looking at a whole lot of nothing. Morning to afternoon, day after day, the swell is tiny—mostly 1 ft to 3 ft—coming from the south or southwest with a short, weak period. The combined swell energy is stuck in the low-to-mid 200s (273 on Monday afternoon, for example), which is weak energy. The wind is a persistent problem too, blowing cross-onshore from the west or west-southwest, keeping everything choppy and messy. We get a brief moment on Thursday afternoon (August 20) when it goes glassy with a tiny 2 ft swell, giving us some "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." That’s the absolute best on offer for the first 8 days, and even that is a real struggle.

There’s a longer gap until things look even marginally better. We’ve got a bit of a pulse showing up around the very end of the month. On Saturday morning, August 29, we see a jump in combined energy to 627 (moderate energy) with a 2 ft swell from the SW at 18 seconds. That’s a very long period groundswell. Sunday, August 30, holds similar energy (562) with a 2 ft, 16-second SSW swell. Both mornings are marked as "marginal" with light offshore wind from the SW, which is a huge plus for getting some clean faces. This is a tough call because the swell is still small, but that long period and clean wind could make the reef and point start working. It's promising but uncertain this far out.

If you’re an expert who can milk a small, long-period groundswell on a point break, the window from August 29 to 31 is the only time to even think about it. The crowds are likely to be there ("often") if it gets clean. For everyone else, the first two weeks look like a solid write-off. Honestly, with the persistent cross-onshore wind and small, weak swell on a beach-and-reef setup, this might be more interesting for the kite surfers looking for some wind than for paddle surfers.

Rusty.

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