Hendry's Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get this straight. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for surf around here. We’ve got a long stretch of small, junky waves ahead, and it’s going to test your patience. Honestly, for the first several days, you can forget it. The swell is tiny, the wind is mostly onshore or cross, and the energy in the water is weak. It’s a waiting game.

The first few days of September are a total write-off. We’ve got wind chop, weak systems, and pure frustration. There’s a little pulse of groundswell on the 3rd, but it’s not enough to save the day. We’re looking at ankle-biters with a poor shape. You’re better off doing anything else. This flat spell stretches on for a while.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting. There’s a light at the end of this tunnel. Sunday the 6th starts to show some life. We get a bit more south in the swell, and the wind drops right out. It’s glassy. Finally. The energy jumps up into the moderate range (566), and the period is a touch over 12 seconds. It’s not huge, but it’s clean. This is the start of our first real window.

Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th are the standouts of this whole outlook. The swell bumps up to 4ft and the wind goes cross-offshore. That’s the combo we’ve been waiting for. The period is in that sweet spot, not too long, not too short. It’s going to have some proper shape to it. Hendry’s Beach is looking like the spot. It’s going to be clean, with some fun, rippable waves. The energy is strong (606), and for the first time in days, it feels like actually surfing. There’s rain around, and it’s heavy on Tuesday, but that doesn’t matter when the waves are good.

But, as quick as it comes, it’s gone. Tuesday afternoon the wind swings around and turns it to chop. By the time we get to Wednesday the 9th, we’re back into the small, cross-shore junk. The swell gets all confused, the energy drops, and we’re back to poor surf. This stretch of weak, short-period SW slop will linger into the second week. There’s a pulse of long-period energy on the 9th (19 seconds), but it’s just too small and poorly directed to do anything.

The rest of the week and into the next is just a slow fade into flatness. We’re back to sub-3ft swells, with very weak energy readings. The long-period swells on the 14th and 15th don’t have any size behind them. It’s a barren wasteland.

So, to sum it up: if you want to get wet, you have to be patient. Wait for the glassy conditions on the 6th, and then lock in Monday and Tuesday the 7th and 8th. That’s your window. Get it while you can, because it seems like we’ll be waiting a while after that.

Rusty.

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