Hangers Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board, but maybe leave the quiver in the car for a while. We're looking at a pretty flat spell here at Hangers. There's a long stretch of nothing much on offer, so we're talking about a solid gap with no real surf to get excited about until the tail end of the month.

Let’s start with the first real possibility. Saturday, 29 August morning – that’s the first time the waves are even considered "surfable," but they’re tiny little things. We’re looking at a 1ft E swell, period around 11 seconds. It’s glassy though, with no wind, so it’ll look pretty as a picture. The combined wave energy is weak (63). Honestly, for a seasoned surfer, this is a micro-session at best. The water temp is about average for this time of year.

Then we hit Monday, 31 August – there’s a bit more energy showing. The morning has a 2ft E swell, but the period is a short 7 seconds, so no real push behind it. The combined energy is still low (70). The wind is light cross-onshore, leaving a little bit of texture on the surface. That afternoon, the period jumps way up to 18 seconds, which is a very long groundswell, and the energy bumps up a notch (101 – moderate energy), but the swell height is back down to 1ft and the wind is onshore. That combination isn't going to give us much to work with.

Tuesday, 01 September morning keeps the long period (15 seconds) with a 2ft swell from ESE. Solid energy for the size (102), but again, it's a very small wave and the wind is cross-onshore. Still not the kind of thing that'll get the heart pumping.

The best opportunity of the whole outlook lands on Wednesday, 02 September morning. We’ve got a 2ft E swell, a nice long period of 12 seconds, and – here’s the kicker – glassy conditions. The combined energy (94) is the highest we see in the mornings, and with glass, the surface will be like a mirror. Hangers is a beach and reef setup, so that long-period groundswell might break a bit straight, but clean 2ft waves on a glassy morning are worth a paddle. Crowds are possible here, so get there early if you want it to yourself.

After that, it’s back to the same story: tiny, weak swells and mostly onshore or cross-onshore winds right through to the end of the forecast period. Nothing else stands out as a proper session.

So, the standout call: Wednesday, 2 September morning. Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it.

Rusty.

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