Dracula Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get into it.

We start with a bit of a wait, but when it’s on, Dracula is looking like a solid bet for the more experienced crew. The first real window kicks off on Friday morning, August 28th. We’ve got a clean 6ft swell from the NNW, and it’s glassy out there. The air is still, wind is light from the north at 3 mph. It’s not massive, but the conditions are prime for a reef break like this. The combined energy is reading moderate at 363. This is a standout, especially if you can get on it early.

That morning is the pick of the first few days. The afternoon sees the wind swing to the NNW and pick up to 16 mph, turning it into a messy cross-shore chop. The swell jumps to 8ft, but the quality goes out the window. That’s more size than it’s worth in those conditions – definitely for experts only if you're brave.

Saturday morning, August 29th, is another glassy beauty. The wind is dead calm, 0 mph from the NNW, and the swell is still a solid 7ft from the same direction. The energy is up to 612, so there’s real push behind it. This is a very good session for anyone who can handle a hollow reef. It gets blown out by the afternoon again, so it’s a dawn patrol special.

The rest of that weekend and into the start of the week is a mixed bag. Sunday is marginal, with light cross-shore winds messing with a dropping swell. Monday is similar, with a cross-onshore breeze making things ugly.

Tuesday morning, September 1st, brings a change. The wind shifts to a light cross-offshore from the NNE at 6 mph, and the 6ft NNW swell cleans right up. It’s a good, clean option again. The next real highlight is Wednesday morning, September 2nd. The swell is a meaty 8ft from the NNW, and with a light cross-offshore from the SE at 3 mph, the conditions are clean. The energy is strong at 758. This is a serious day for Dracula, but at that size, it’s strictly for the experts.

After that, things start to fade. We get some clean mornings on Thursday, September 3rd, and Friday, September 4th, but the swell drops off noticeably. By the weekend of September 5th and 6th, it’s tiny, with a very long period groundswell (14 seconds) that just doesn’t have the height to do much on this reef. The water temperature is about average for this time of year.

There’s a gap of almost no usable surf from the 5th through the 11th. A little blip of clean, glassy 3ft swell on Monday morning, September 7th, but it’s weak. Another promising but small morning on Thursday, September 10th, with a glassy 4ft, but it’s ordinary at best.

Bottom line: get it this coming weekend and early next week, especially the Friday and Saturday mornings. That’s the cream of the crop. The rest of the 16 days is a slow fade into flatness.

Rusty.

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