Indicas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Oi there, Rusty here. Let’s be straight – this 16-day window for us is a tough one. There’s no real green light at all. The whole stretch is a long run of poor surf conditions, with the biggest gaps in quality stretching from the very start right through to the end of the first week. You’re looking at days with barely any energy and messy winds.

Let’s start at the beginning. From Saturday the 29th of August through until the end of that first week, it’s a write-off. We’ve got swell heights barely scraping 3ft on the Saturday morning, coming from the E with a short period of just 6 seconds, and the combined energy is a weak 114. Winds are cross-on from the SE at 12 mph, so it’s choppy and messy. It stays like that – small, onshore, and flat – right through to Monday the 31st, with occasional little bumps of energy up to 126 but still poor.

Tuesday the 1st of September brings a bit more size – 5ft to 5ft from the ESE, with a period stretching to 12 seconds. The combined energy jumps to 500, which is moderate. But here’s the catch: the wind is onshore from the E at 12 mph, so it’s blown out. That’s not the one to paddle for.

Through the middle of the week, the swell drops back under 3ft, period short, energy weak. Winds stay onshore or cross-onshore. The water temp is about average for this time of year – nothing unusual there.

Now, there is a sliver of hope right at the end of the run. On Sunday the 6th of September, the morning at Indicas shows a clean, glassy spell – the wind flips to a light offshore from the SW at 3 mph, and the conditions are described as clean. The swell is tiny though, only 1ft from the ESE with a period of 9 seconds, combined energy a paltry 41. It’s a small, clean window, but that’s the best we get. Monday morning the 7th also looks clean with offshore W wind at 6 mph and 2ft swell. If you’re desperate for a longboard or a foiler, that’s your moment. But don’t expect any power.

Beyond that, the second week looks similar – small, onshore, and mostly poor. The 8th of September gets a pulse of 4ft from the ESE with a 10-second period and combined energy of 293, but the wind is cross or cross-on, so it’s chopped up.

Overall, there’s no standout session. The only spot worth mentioning is Indicas, but it’s an inconsistent reef break for advanced surfers only, and it rarely breaks well. When it does, it wants NE swell, but we’re getting mostly ESE. Crowds could show up when it’s clean, but that’s unlikely this run.

Bottom line: the surf is poor for at least the first week straight. Don’t get your hopes up. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a blank period.

Rusty.

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