Ferrugem Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here with a look at what’s on offer for Ferrugem over the next couple of weeks. It’s a mixed bag, with a couple of standout windows if you time it right, but plenty of average stuff in between.

We start off with a bit of a pulse coming through on Friday, August 14th. The morning is a write-off with light rain and a cross-on breeze from the ESE, making it messy. But the afternoon cleans right up – glassy conditions with a solid 7 ft swell from the SSE, period at 13 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy, and the combined energy is pumping at 1580. The water temp is sitting at 66°, which is pretty average for this time of year. This is the pick of the whole outlook for experienced surfers. The swell direction is a good match for the break’s preferred SE. The size is too big for beginners though.

Saturday morning drops off a bit to 5 ft with a cross-shore breeze, but the afternoon picks up again to 7 ft from the E, though the period drops to 8 seconds – short period windswell. The wind is cross-off, so it’ll be clean, but the quality is marginal. Sunday morning holds 7 ft from the ENE, with a clean cross-off wind, but the period is still short at 8 seconds. The breeze builds through Sunday afternoon, getting choppy and messy.

Monday and Tuesday are a bit of a grind. Swell hangs around 5 ft to 7 ft, but it’s all short-period, wind-affected stuff. The wind is mostly cross-off so it’s clean, but the energy and shape just aren’t there. By Wednesday the 19th, the swell drops right off to 4 ft, and the conditions are ordinary.

There’s a real dry spell from Thursday the 20th through to Sunday the 23rd, with waves under 3 ft, and mostly onshore or cross-onshore winds. The combined energy dips into the low hundreds and even below 100. Not worth paddling out for.

Then we get a little glimmer on Monday the 24th. A new SSE swell arrives at 4 ft with a 13-second period, giving it some decent energy (679). The wind is light cross-shore, so it’s surfable but not a standout. Tuesday the 25th sees a nice glassy morning with a 5 ft SE swell, and the afternoon is glassy too with a 3 ft S swell, 11-second period. Clean conditions, small but fun.

Wednesday the 26th and Thursday the 27th are a mix of small, short-period swell and okay winds. Nothing to get excited about. The very end of the outlook, Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th, is small and messy again.

The absolute standout is Friday afternoon, August 14th. Get out there for that glassy 7 ft, 13-second SSE groundswell. The second-best window is Tuesday the 25th, with those glassy conditions and a clean 5 ft in the morning. The rest is mostly background noise.

Rusty.

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