Fingal Point and Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Fingal Point and Beach over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you – this is a bit of a rough stretch. We’ve got a long, quiet run before anything remotely worth paddling out for shows up.

The first action we see is on Saturday the 15th, but it’s not worth getting wet for. A small 1 ft swell out of the ENE with a cross wind and a weak energy reading of just 30. The water temp is sitting at 68°, which is about 1° cooler than average for this time of year – nothing wild, just a tad fresh.

We then go through a string of days with basically nothing. Sunday the 16th through to Tuesday the 25th are all showing poor surf. The swell stays small, the winds are mostly cross or cross-onshore, and the energy readings are low. There is a little spike on Monday the 17th with a 7 ft swell from the ESE, but the period is a short 7 seconds and it’s a cross-onshore mess. That’s more of a kite-surfing kind of day than a paddle session, if you ask me.

That same pattern holds through until the tail end of the week starting Monday the 24th. There’s a small, clean window on Monday morning the 24th with a cross-offshore breeze from the NW, but the swell is only 2 ft and the energy is weak (69). It might be clean but there’s barely a wave to ride.

Now, the one that catches my eye is far out. On Friday the 28th of August, we finally get a proper pulse of energy. The morning shows a 6 ft swell from the SE with a 14-second period – that’s a strong, long-period groundswell. The wave energy is massive at 1480, which is very strong. The wind is a moderate cross-shore from the south, which creates some chop, but this is the best thing on the whole forecast. The size is getting up there, over 5 ft, so it might be a bit much for beginners, and with that long period on a point break, it should hold up well. It’s a standout, but being a week and a half out, treat it as promising but not locked in.

After that, it fades fast into tiny, weak leftovers over the weekend.

So overall, mates, it’s a tough run. The only real highlight is that Friday the 28th morning session at Fingal Point and Beach. Keep an eye on it, but don’t hold your breath for the rest of the month.

Rusty.

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