Honeymoon Island Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a long, hard look at what’s cookin’ for Honeymoon Island over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, I gotta level with you. The next 16 days are a total flat spell. There’s barely a ripple worth paddling for the entire stretch. We’re looking at a big, fat gap in quality surf right from the get-go. From now through to the end of the month, the swell is just pitiful. We see nothing but tiny waves – mostly under 2 ft – and combined wave energy is almost always in the single digits or low teens, with only a couple of spots creeping into the 30s and 40s. That’s weak energy, folks.

The one tiny glimmer – and I mean *tiny* – comes on Wednesday, August 19th. There’s a little bump of swell rolling in overnight, with a combined energy of (44). It’s a WNW swell around 2 ft with a period of 6 seconds. Short period, windswell junk, but the morning is glassy with a risk of thunderstorms. That glassy wind is a massive positive for Honeymoon Island, which is a sandbar that rarely breaks. So, for a few hours, if you’re a complete waterman who can make something out of nothing, you might find a clean but tiny little knee-high wave. The swell direction from the WNW is a fair match for the break’s optimum SW direction, so you might get a little something out of it.

After that, it’s right back to near-zero energy. The rest of the month sees more flat, calm mornings with glassy or clean conditions, but absolutely no swell to speak of. By the final week of August, we’re looking at a few days of clean, light offshore winds on the 23rd and 24th, but with swell barely registering. It’s a cruel tease.

Bottom line: There is nothing here for the average surfer. The setup is so small and weak it would look more interesting for a kite surfer on a foil board than a paddle surfer. Honeymoon Island is a rare break anyway, so a long dry spell like this is normal for the area. Keep your board in the car, but don’t hold your breath.

Rusty.

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