Haggerty's Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, listen up. Rusty here. Let's be straight with you about Haggerty's. It's a reef and point setup, pretty consistent, and it's a good one for beginners when it's clean. The water's running a touch warmer than usual for this time of year at 69°.

The outlook for the next 16 days is a long, slow burn. We’ve got a solid run of small, messy swell coming in, but the wind is the enemy. For the first week, starting from August 22nd, it’s almost all cross-onshore slop. You'll see tiny 1ft SW groundswell with long periods, but the wind is just trashing it. There’s a brief moment on the morning of Monday the 24th where it turns glassy, but the swell’s still tiny at 1ft. It's surfable, but barely worth paddling out for. The combined energy is weak, sitting around 126.

The wind stays troublesome right through to the end of August and into early September. The swell slowly builds, but it’s still a constant battle with cross-onshore or cross-off winds that aren't doing us any favours. There are a few mornings on the 26th, 27th, and 28th of August where it's clean and cross-off, but the waves are still poor quality, just ordinary.

Finally, we get a glimmer of hope. On Saturday morning August 29th, the wind swings cross-off from the SSE and the swell pushes up to 3ft from the SSW with a moderate energy of 414. This is the first window that actually looks decent. It’s the standout of the whole run. The conditions say "expect good surf" and with that light breeze, it should be clean on the takeoff. Get it while you can, because the afternoon goes back to rubbish.

The tail end of the forecast into the first week of September is more of the same struggle. Another window appears on Friday morning, September 4th. The swell is up to 3ft from the SSW, the energy is strong at 541, but the wind is light and cross-shore making it look a bit marginal with the tide. This is your second best shot, but far from a guarantee.

The rest of the days are a write-off with cross-on winds ruining what little swell we get. For most of this 16-day window, the setup looks more interesting for a kite than a paddle board, honestly. It tends not to stay this poor for long around here, but this is a lean stretch. Keep your eye on the 29th and the 4th.

Rusty.

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