Marley Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, for a stretch this long, it’s a tough watch. The first solid wave of the outlook doesn’t show up until Friday the 14th of August, and even then it’s a tease. We’ve got a real dry spell before that – nothing worth paddling out for on Thursday the 13th, with the wind swinging all over the shop and a messy little 4ft S swell getting chopped up.

Friday the 14th morning is where it starts to feel a bit more like it. Marley (Garie-Point) will see a clean 4ft S swell with a light cross-offshore breeze from the W. The period is only about 8 seconds, so it’s a bit short and weak – combined energy sitting at 242 (moderate) – but the surface will be clean. It’s a very consistent point break, advanced only, and you might have company since crowds show up sometimes. This is about as good as it gets in the first week, but it’s far from a standout.

Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th are write-offs. The wind swings onshore, the swell gets messy and bumpy, and the scores are all zeros. Monday and Tuesday are more of the same – onshore slop and tiny leftovers.

Then there’s a real lull. From Wednesday the 19th right through to the end of the month, it’s all sub-3ft dribble with poor conditions. The only flicker of hope is Saturday the 22nd of August morning – a 3ft ENE swell with a light offshore from the NW. It’s clean, and the period is only 6 seconds, but with combined energy of just 63 (weak), it’s really just ankle to knee-high dribble. Not for anyone serious.

The real event, and I mean the *only* event worth talking about, is Wednesday the 26th of August. We’ve got a big pulse of S swell – 8ft in the morning, peaking at 12ft in the afternoon with a period of 11 seconds and a massive combined energy reading of 5597 (very strong). That is a proper groundswell. But – and it’s a huge but – the wind is a strong cross-onshore from the S and SSW, gusting up to 18 mph. It’s going to be choppy, lumpy, and challenging. This is strictly one for experts only; beginners and even most intermediates should stay well clear. The size alone makes it a beast. This is the only standout in the whole outlook, but the wind kills the quality. If it were glassy, it’d be epic.

So, to sum it up: the first week is mostly a bust with one clean but small session on the 14th. The second week is flat until that big, windswept pulse on the 26th. There’s a long gap of nothing much between the 15th and the 26th.

Stay patient, keep an eye on the wind forecasts for that 26th, and don’t hold your breath.

Rusty.

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