Fish Boma Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let's talk about what's in the water.

The next couple of weeks are a mixed bag, with a few real standout windows if you're willing to be patient. The real highlight comes this Saturday morning, September 12th, at Fish Boma, where we've got some serious magic lining up. The water temp is sitting about average for this time of year, so no wetsuit surprises there. You're looking at a solid 5ft swell from the SW, with a long 14-second period – that’s proper groundswell energy, which this reef setup will love. The combined energy is a beefy moderate 1033, but the real story is the wind: a light 3 mph W breeze, glassing the surface up. It’s going to be clean, lined-up, and perfect for intermediate surfers who know the reef. Just be aware the crowds are sometimes an issue here, so get out early to grab your share. The 5ft is a sweet spot – not too big to be intimidating.

We do have some other pulses of swell, but the quality drops off. Saturday afternoon the wind swings onshore, and the size jumps to 6ft with that 16-second period, but the cross-on wind and energy of 2284 (moderate) make it a sloppy mess after the morning session. Sunday, September 13th, gets a bit wild with a 7ft SW swell (3450 energy), but 12 mph ESE wind puts a nasty cross-chop on it. That afternoon the swell hits 12ft from the ESE with a shorter 10-second period (4702 energy) – that’s expert territory, and while the wind is clean, 12ft at a reef with that short period is a big, unruly wall of water. That’s more of a "watch and maybe not" for most of us.

There’s a long quiet stretch from late Sunday right through to the following week. The next real glimmer is Wednesday morning, September 16th, with another 10ft pulse from the SW (3762 energy) and a 14-second period. The wind is light, but it’s onshore and it’s 10ft, so you need to be a solid expert paddler. It’s clean, but big and powerful.

Looking further out to the second week, we get some more size but the conditions don’t cooperate. Late in the month, on Wednesday, September 23rd, a 10ft WSW swell (2841 energy) rolls in, but a moderate 12 mph W wind makes it a choppy, blown-out mess. Not worth your time.

Honestly, for the whole 16-day window, lock in this Saturday morning, September 12th, at Fish Boma. That’s the one. The rest of the period is mostly average to poor with a few big, messy days for experts only.

Rusty.

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