Donuts Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at the Donuts forecast. Gotta be straight with ya—it's a proper slow start and a long wait for anything that gets the heart pumping. Buckle up.

First up, the water temp here is sitting at 73°, which is 5° warmer than normal for this time of year. That's a pretty notable jump, so don't expect to need the thick wetsuit just yet.

Right now and for the next week and a half, it's pretty grim. The swell is small, the period is all over the shop, and the wind is mostly cross-on or onshore. The combined swell energy is weak to moderate, and every single report is calling it "poor surf conditions." Honestly, there’s nothing to recommend here from now through the 24th of August. It's a long, flat spell.

Now, let’s look ahead because things finally change late in the window. The stand-out in the whole 16-day period is Tuesday, the 25th of August. We see some proper energy start to pulse in. By the Tuesday afternoon, we're looking at a solid 6ft swell from the S, with a period of 15 seconds—that’s a proper groundswell. The combined energy jumps right up, showing strong wave energy. The wind is light and cross-onshore, so it won't be perfect, but it'll be surfable. This is the best of the bunch, for sure. On the 26th, it peaks a bit higher at 6ft early in the morning, which is getting into expert territory if you’re not used to it, and the swell drops a notch.

The 27th still has some juice with a 5ft swell from the SSW in the morning, but the wind starts to turn onshore again, so the quality will slide. After that, it slowly fades back down towards the end of the month with more marginal, cross-onshore conditions.

So, the long and short of it: don't get excited until Tuesday the 25th of August. That's your only real window for a wave worth paddling for.

Rusty.

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