Devonport Rivermouth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's be honest, this is a tough one to write. We're looking at a 16-day window for Devonport Rivermouth, and honestly, for the vast majority of it, you'd be better off doing something else.

Right from the start, it's a struggle. For the first several days, we've got tiny, weak swell mixing with all kinds of wind issues. Friday the 4th sees a mere 2ft NW groundswell, but that 12 mph WNW cross-shore rips it to shreds. The energy is a paltry 238, and it's labeled as "poor surf conditions." That's the story for nearly the whole first week. Saturday morning the 5th jumps up to 5ft, but it's a messy N windswell with a short 6-second period and a nasty 16 mph onshore wind. The wave energy climbs to 427, but it's just a wall of chop.

We do get a few moments of clean conditions, like Sunday morning the 6th with glassy conditions, but the swell is a pathetic 2ft and the combined energy is a weak 55. Not worth paddling out for. The same goes for Monday morning with 2ft and glassy conditions. A clean 2ft wave is a tease, not a session.

The water temperature is sitting around 55°, which is about normal for the time of year.

The first glimmer of something slightly better doesn't show up until Wednesday afternoon the 9th. We get a clean 1.3ft NW groundswell with a very long 19-second period and 12 mph offshore SW winds. The energy hits a moderate 129. The call is "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." It's not great, but it's the best of a very bad lot. This *exists* as an option for the desperate.

You get another small window Thursday morning the 10th, with light offshore winds and a 1.3ft NW groundswell (109 energy), but again, it's just "ordinary."

We then hit another dead zone with a massive gap of very little to nothing until the middle of the next week. The reliable, near-term forecast is a total bust.

The most hopeful spot in the whole 16 days is Tuesday morning, September 15th. We see a 4.5ft swell from the NNE, combined with a glassy, dead calm ocean. The combined energy is a moderate 126. The call is again "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," but glassy conditions on a 4.5ft wave at a point/river break is about as good as it's going to get. This is the standout, but it's a long way out, so take it with a grain of salt. This would be for the experienced surfers who can find the clean lines on that long period swell. For beginners, it's a bit much. Crowds are "sometimes," so you might have some company.

Other than that, the forecasts for the rest of the period keep spitting out tiny swell and poor conditions. There is simply nothing to get excited about here for the foreseeable future.

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