Hikkaduwa (A-Frame) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s happening on our shores over this next stretch.

Well, I’ll be straight with you – this outlook is a tough one. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with no real surf to get excited about. The whole 16-day window is a blank run of poor conditions. From Sunday the 23rd of August right through to Monday the 7th of September, every single session is marked by poor surf conditions. That’s a solid two-week gap with no recommendations. It happens here sometimes when the wind and weather patterns just don’t line up.

For the few times there is a little bit of wave energy, it’s not doing us any favours. The wind is almost always blowing onshore or cross-onshore from the west or west-southwest, which is the wrong direction for any sort of clean face at Hikkaduwa (A-Frame). That’s a reef setup that needs that optimum southwest swell direction and some offshore love from the east-northeast. We’re getting neither.

The water temperature is sitting at 83°F, which is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The swell energy does get big – look at the 27th of August morning with a combined energy of 3037, and the swell height hitting 7 ft from the SSW with a very long period of 19 seconds. That’s serious groundswell power, but with the wind howling onshore at 15 mph from the WSW, it’s just going to be a messy, blown-out line-up. That kind of size and period would be incredible at a point or reef with clean conditions, but here it’s a lost opportunity. Surf that big (over 5 ft) is also pushing it for beginners anyway.

Into the first week of September, the energy drops off, but the onshore wind keeps it sloppy. Even when the wind eases a touch on the 7th of September to a light breeze, the swell is tiny at 2 ft to 3 ft, and with a short, weak period, there’s nothing doing.

So, the honest truth? Leave the boards in the shed. It’s not looking good at all. The setup is more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing through most of this, especially those afternoons with the cross-onshore breeze and a bit of chop.

There are no standouts here. No secret window. Just two weeks of waiting for a change in the forecast.

Rusty.

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