Egypt Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you: this is a tough stretch for Egypt Beach. We're looking at 16 days of small, weak, and mostly messy conditions. The swell energy is just not there, and the wind is going to be a problem for most of the period.

To start, we've got a run of days with barely any waves. The surf on offer is tiny, with the odd bit of swell barely reaching 2 feet, and the wind is all over the place. The first few days from Friday the 28th through to the 5th of September are a write-off, with poor surf conditions and the combined swell energy barely cracking 30 (mostly between 5 and 28). It's a grim start.

The real gap starts on the 31st of August and runs deep into the first week of September. For over a week, we're looking at swell heights of 0.3 ft to 1 ft, with most of the combined energy readings in the single digits or low teens. The wind is mostly cross-onshore or onshore, making it a choppy, bumpy mess. Not worth paddling out for.

Things start to look a little more interesting around the 9th of September. The swell direction shifts to the east-southeast, and we see a bit more energy. On the morning of Wednesday the 9th, we get a 1 ft swell coming from the ESE with a period of 10 seconds, and the combined energy hits 35. The wind is offshore from the west (12 mph), which is a big plus. It's still small, but it's the best we've seen in a while.

The standout window, and it's a distant one, is the morning of Thursday the 10th of September. We've got a 1 ft ESE swell with a 10-second period and a combined energy of 32. The wind is offshore from the west-northwest at 9 mph, which should keep it clean. It's not big, but it's clean and rideable. That afternoon, the energy rises to 40 with the same 1 ft swell and offshore wind from the west at 9 mph. The report calls it "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," which is about as optimistic as it gets for this forecast. For a beginner-friendly spot like Egypt Beach, these tiny, clean waves are about the only option.

For the rest of the second week, it's back to tiny, weak, and messy. The 12th of September sees a 3 ft swell from the SE, but with a period of only 5 seconds and a combined energy of 61, it's a weak, choppy windswell with cross-onshore wind. It's a mess.

So, there you have it. Egypt Beach is in a slump. The only real, albeit very ordinary, option is the morning of Thursday the 10th of September. Don't get your hopes up for the rest of it.

Rusty.

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