Hope Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, and I’ve got your surf outlook for Hope Beach. The next 16 days start off fairly quiet, but there’s some solid groundswell lighting things up later on if you’ve got patience.

The first action kicks off Monday the 17th of August with a surprising little gem to get things rolling.

Monday morning, August 17th looks sweet – a glassy 3 ft SSW groundswell rolling in at 18 seconds, that’s proper long-period energy. Combined swell energy is moderate at 664, and with offshore NNW breeze around 3 mph, it’ll be clean as a whistle. Water’s sitting at 52° which is about average for this time of year – nothing weird there. Expect good surf conditions – this is a nice, clean start.

The swell ebbs a bit through Tuesday and Wednesday, dropping to around 1 ft to 3 ft, and winds turn cross-off or just messy. Not much to get excited about, frankly.

Thursday the 20th isn’t really delivering either – a 1 ft morning with offshore NW wind might be surfable but ordinary, and the afternoon fizzles.

Now, Friday morning, August 21st is the first real standout – looking promising. That’s a 3 ft SSW groundswell (15-second period, so decent energy at 478), with a light 9 mph NW offshore wind. Clean, gentle, proper surfable waves. This is the best of the first week by a long way.

The weekend gets big but ugly. Saturday the 22nd sees the swell jumping to 8 ft in the morning and then 12 ft by the afternoon – well over the 8 ft mark, so experts only, and with cross-shore winds up to 22 mph, that’s messy. Combined energy is 3222 and 8595, so the power is there, but it’s not clean enough for paddle surfing – setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than a proper paddle session.

Sunday the 23rd drops back to manageable 5 ft to 6 ft, but winds are still cross-off and choppy – marginal at best.

There’s a big gap from Monday the 24th through to Wednesday the 26th – onshore winds and messy surf, with swell around 5 ft to 8 ft but all cross-onshore or cross-shore and lumpy. Nothing to recommend.

Thursday morning, August 27th finally sees some relief – 2 ft SSW groundswell (18-second period, 476 combined energy), light NW offshore wind at 6 mph, and it’s glassy. Expect good surf conditions – clean little waves for a morning session.

Look ahead to Saturday the 29th – that morning, the real standout of the whole outlook. A 7 ft SSW groundswell (18-second period, combined energy 2611 – strong), with a light 6 mph NNW offshore wind and clear skies. That’s excellent surf for experienced surfers – clean, powerful, but not ridiculous. That’s the session to lock in, even if it’s a week and a half away.

Sunday the 30th is smaller at 3 ft with offshore wind – clean, little fun waves.

Then Monday the 31st of August is another cracker for the morning – 6 ft SSW groundswell with a 17-second period (2137 combined energy), gentle 9 mph N offshore wind, and clean conditions. Excellent for experienced surfers – this and the Saturday are the two absolute highlights. The afternoon on the 31st pushes to 12 ft, which is way too big for this spot, and cross-on, so forget that.

Into Tuesday, September 1st, winds are strong cross-off at 19 mph with 4 ft swell – poor conditions, not worth it.

So overall, the best of the period is Friday morning August 21st for a clean, manageable session, and then the Saturday morning August 29th and Monday morning August 31st are the two power sessions for experienced surfers – both with offshore wind, long-period SSW groundswell, and proper energy. Get on those.

Keep your eyes peeled, the second week has promise but treat it as a hopeful lookout. Hope Beach is inconsistent – it tends not to stay poor for long, so when it fires, get out there.

Stay stoked,
Rusty

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