Fare Left Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at the only game in town for the next couple of weeks: Fare Left.

It's a serious reef setup, demanding advanced skills, and it doesn't break all that often, so when it’s on, you gotta pay attention. The water temp is sitting at 80°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year, nothing weird going on there.

The surf window kicks off on Friday the 28th of August, but it's a write-off. We've got a 5ft swell from the SSW, sure, but the wind is howling a solid 28 mph from the southeast, making it a ragged cross-off. The energy is massive (2065), but it's messy.

Things start looking up on Saturday the 29th. The swell jumps up to 8ft in the morning, hitting 10ft by the afternoon, all from that same SSW direction. The wind swings around to a clean offshore from the ESE at 25 mph, which is a major positive for clean faces. The energy is pumping hard (4204 in the arvo). Just a heads up though, a 8ft to 10ft wave on a shallow reef like Fare Left is strictly for the experts. The paddle out is going to be a battle with that strong offshore wind. This is the standout session of the whole forecast.

Sunday the 30th is still solid, with 8ft dropping to 8ft in the afternoon. The wind eases a touch to 22 mph from the east, staying offshore. Clean and powerful, but similar caveats about size and difficulty apply.

Monday the 31st sees the swell start to dip, from 6ft down to 5ft in the afternoon. The wind backs off to 16 mph, staying offshore from the ESE. It's clean and much more manageable, though the energy drops off to 845.

We drop right down through the first week of September. By Tuesday the 1st of September, we're looking at a gentle 3ft to 4ft from the south with light offshore breezes. The energy is weak (around 372). It’s clean enough for a longboard or a funboard if you're feeling patient.

There's a big gap of poor conditions. Wednesday the 2nd is tiny with almost no energy, and then we get a bit of a pulse back on Thursday the 3rd, with 5ft to 5ft SSW swells and clean offshore winds, but the energy is only moderate (914-1021).

The next real window of interest is Friday the 4th of September. The swell builds back up to 6ft in the morning, then hits 8ft in the afternoon. The wind is a clean offshore from the ESE at 19 mph, and the energy pumps back up into the four digits (2615). It's another solid day for advanced surfers.

After that, the swell backs off again into the second week. Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th of September are worth a look, with 6ft dropping to 4ft and lighter offshore winds. By Sunday afternoon, the wind drops to just 9 mph from the east, making for some very clean, user-friendly surf.

The rest of the run into the second week is a mix of clean days with small swell (2ft to 3ft) and a few days where the wind turns cross-onshore and ruins it completely, especially around Tuesday the 8th and Wednesday the 9th of September, where you wouldn't even bother paddling out. The very end of the forecast, around Saturday the 12th, shows a tiny clean wave at 2ft, which is barely worth the walk.

So, to wrap it up: the absolute best bet is Saturday the 29th of August for the biggest, cleanest swell of the run, but only if you've got the skills and the nerve for an advanced reef break in strong offshore wind. The next best shout for stronger, cleaner surf is Friday the 4th of September.

Rusty.

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