Haggerty's Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Haggerty's (reef and point). I gotta be straight with ya – the next couple of weeks are pretty flat and ordinary. There’s no real standout swell, and the timing of the wind is making things messy. You’re looking at tiny waves, mostly 1ft to 2ft, with a dominant swell out of the SSW or SW. The water temperature is sitting at 73°, which is about 7° warmer than normal – that’s very unusual for the time of year, so it'll feel like a warm bath.

Right now, on the 1st of August (Saturday afternoon), it’s a cross-on breeze at 15 km/h with a weak 2ft swell out of the SSW, period 13 seconds. The combined energy is a weak 141, and honestly, it’s poor – choppy and small.

Sunday the 2nd morning brings a slight lift. There’s 1ft swell from the SW, period 14 seconds, with a light 10 km/h cross-off breeze from the south. That cleans it up, and the combined energy drops to 95. It’s surfable but very ordinary – tiny and underwhelming. The afternoon goes cross-shore and messy again.

Monday the 3rd through to Saturday the 8th of August: you’ll see a rinse-and-repeat pattern of 1ft to 2ft SW or SSW swell, periods mostly between 13 and 17 seconds. Mornings with a light cross or cross-off breeze are marginally clean, but the energy stays low – mostly between 95 and 211. Afternoons get chopped up by a cross-on or cross breeze around 15 km/h. Not worth paddling out for.

Sunday the 9th of August morning is another cleanish window: 2ft SSW swell, period 15 seconds, light cross-off from the SSE at 15 km/h, combined energy 146. It’s still tiny, but it’s the best of a bad lot.

Monday the 10th morning: similar story – 2ft SSW swell, period 14 seconds, light cross-off from the SSE, energy 174. Clean, but don’t expect a wave to ride.

There’s a long gap of nothing much worth highlighting until Saturday the 15th of August morning. That morning, we finally get a little pulse: 2ft SSW swell, period 16 seconds, with a light south wind (10 km/h) blowing cross-off. Combined energy jumps to 296, and it’s flagged as “expect good surf conditions” – the only time that appears in the whole outlook. The rip is gonna be cleaner than anything else in the window, and the reef setup will handle that longer-period groundswell better than a beach. Crowds are likely here, so get in early.

After that, Sunday the 16th of August goes straight back to tiny, messy conditions.

So here’s the bottom line: the only real standout is Saturday the 15th of August morning. Swell direction from the SSW wraps in nicely for Haggerty's optimum WNW exposure, and with that light offshore wind, it’ll be glassy. The swell size is small (2ft), but with a 16-second period, there’ll be some shape and push, and the water’s warm. If you’re after a paddle, that’s your morning. Everything else is flat, choppy, or both.

Stay patient, mate. Rusty.

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