Honeymoon Island Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on the table for the next couple of weeks. Straight up, I gotta be honest with you – it’s a tough stretch. We’ve got a long dry spell ahead, so don’t go getting your hopes up for any sort of session that’ll get the heart racing.

The whole 16-day window is pretty grim. The first recommendation doesn’t even pop up until Monday the 17th of August, and even then, it’s not what you’d call surf. You’re looking at tiny, weak windswell with barely any energy behind it. The combined energy for the whole period is measured in single digits, scraping up to just 17 (weak energy) on the best day. That’s barely a ripple.

Honeymoon Island is the only spot we’ve got to look at, and it’s a sandbar that rarely breaks. So this kind of flat spell is pretty normal for the area. Let’s run through what little there is.

Monday the 17th sees some tiny 1ft swell from the NW with a period of just 3 seconds in the morning. It’s onshore and bumpy. The afternoon picks up to a whopping 2ft from the WNW, but the period is still a pathetic 3 seconds and the wind is on it. Forget it.

Tuesday the 18th offers the “biggest” surf of the whole run – 2ft from the WNW with a 4-second period. The combined energy hits 17 (weak energy), but the wind is a moderate cross-onshore making it choppy. It’s still poor.

From Wednesday the 19th right through to Saturday the 22nd, it’s a constant battle of 1ft to 2ft slop with onshore or cross-onshore winds. Not a single wave worth paddling for.

Now, Sunday the 23rd is interesting for a different reason. The swell is still a tiny 1ft from the WNW, but the wind goes glassy in the morning. The water temp is about average for this time of year. If you’re desperate to just sit on a board and float, it’ll be dead flat and clean. But that’s not surfing.

Monday the 24th morning has a light offshore from the ESE cleaning up a 1ft WNW swell. It’s the best wind of the whole run for that little sandbar, but the wave size is nonexistent.

The rest of the week into the end of August and early September is just more of the same – flat, onshore, or glassy with zero swell. There are days with clean conditions and offshore breezes, but you need water moving to surf. It’s not happening here.

So bottom line: don’t bother waxing up. This is a two-week blank. For the tiny amount of bump we get, the setup is more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer if there’s any wind, but even they’d be struggling. Forecasts can change, but right now, there’s nothing to chase.

Rusty.

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