Heavens Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get this out there. Fair warning, it’s been a bit grim for waves lately, and this stretch ahead looks like it’s going to test the patience of even the most committed surfer out there.

For the next week and a half to two weeks, we are looking at a whole lot of small, weak swell. I mean, we’re talking ankle to knee-high at the very best of times, and that’s being generous. There’s no real punch to anything. The energy just isn’t there. The wind is mostly going to be blowing onshore or cross-onshore for the majority of the period as well, which is just going to chop up what little bit of push we get. It’s going to be a battle to get a clean one.

Heavens is our only call, and honestly, it’s more of a hope than a call. The first few days are flat out poor. We’re talking 1 ft of swell with long periods but hardly any energy behind it. The combined energy is down in the weak range (70 – 112). You’d be surfing whitewash at best.

There’s a bit of a bump on Friday the 7th, but it’s still tiny. The period jumps up to a very long 19 seconds, which is promising in theory but the swell height is still just 2 ft. The energy climbs into the moderate range (333), but with onshore winds, it’s not going to translate into anything rideable. We might see a marginal wave on the Friday afternoon, but you’d have to really want it.

The whole following week stays in that same holding pattern. The swell height fluctuates between 1ft and 3ft, and the direction swings around from SSW to SW. It’s all pretty weak. There’s some moderate energy showing in the middle of the month – around 471 on the 15th – but with a swell that small, it just means a bit more push in the whitewater. The wind stays messy, often coming from the WNW cross-shore, which won't do us any favors.

So, let’s get real. The best of what we have is pretty poor. If I had to pick a standout from this whole run, it would be the morning of Saturday the 15th of August. The swell is still small at 3 ft, but it’s from the SSW with a 16-second period, and the wind is light offshore (SSW). The energy is the highest we see all forecast, hitting 471, which puts it in the moderate range. It’s not going to be epic, and it’s a long way off, so treat that call with caution. But it’s the only window where there might be a clean, rideable wave. Given the consistency rating is very consistent for Heavens, it won't be empty, but the crowds might be more of a "sometimes" thing.

Before that, the afternoon of Friday the 7th, is the only other time we get a score of 1 out of 10, but it’s a cross-on and pretty junky.

Look, this is just a flat spell through the first part of the month. We've got a long gap of poor to non-existent surf. It’s not the norm for Heavens to be this quiet, and it won’t stay this way forever. These things change. We just have to be patient.

Rusty

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