Fishermans Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. Let’s break this down.

This is a rough 16-day outlook. There’s no surf worth mentioning at all. Not one session gets the green light. The first possible window starts on the 30th of August, but even then, it’s a total dud. We’re staring down a long, flat run that just keeps going.

The only spot in play is Fishermans Reef, a very sheltered reef that almost never breaks. It’s a beginner-friendly wave, but with so little energy, it’s not even a wave. The combined swell energy is almost always in the weak range, just single or low double digits, peaking at 123 on the afternoon of August 30th with a 3ft swell from the NNE and an 8-second period. The wind is a fresh 22 mph offshore, so it’s clean, but there’s simply no power.

There’s a tiny pulse on the morning of September 4th with a 4ft swell from the NNW, but the period is a short 5 seconds and the energy is only moderate at 103. It’s still called poor surf conditions, and the cross-off breeze won’t help. After that, we’re back to ankle-biters, 0.7ft or less, for days, with a few glassy moments but zero push.

The only highlight, if you can call it that, is the afternoon of September 5th. Glassy conditions, a 0.7ft swell from the ENE with an 11-second period, and energy of just 17. The water temp is about average for the time of year. But really, it’s flat.

Around September 11th and 12th, we get some solid offshore winds from the SW at 15-22 mph and a long-period 12-second swell, but it’s still only 1ft to 1ft. The direction is NE, which is exactly what this break wants, but there’s just no size.

This whole 16-day stretch is a dead loss for paddle surfing. If you’ve got a kite, the afternoons with stronger cross-shore winds around September 6th might give you something choppy to mess with, but for a surfer, it’s a complete blank.

Hang in there. Things can shift, but right now, it’s a long, quiet spell.

Rusty.

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