Indicator Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's coming our way.

Honestly, I've got to be straight with you – the entire 16-day window is a flat, frustrating run of poor surf. There's not a single decent option on the table. It's a long stretch of nothing, and it starts right now and goes all the way through to the end of the forecast. We're talking about a gap with no real surf for the entire period.

The only spot we have any info on is a reef and point break that's fairly consistent for an intermediate like yourself, and it needs a swell from the NW to really get going. The water is sitting at 69°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that's about the only thing that's slightly out of the ordinary.

The problem is simple: no swell. For the first week, from Wednesday morning the 19th of August right through the weekend, we're looking at tiny, weak waves. The combined energy is pathetic, sometimes barely registering in the double digits – like 49 or 28 (combined energy of all swells directed here). The swell direction is mostly from the wrong way, and the period is all over the place, from a weak 6 seconds up to a long 19 seconds, but with no height, the period is irrelevant. It's just not happening.

The second week is a carbon copy. The energy stays low, with the combined energy values only occasionally creeping into the low triple digits, like 149 on the 23rd of August, but the quality is still described as poor. The wind is often cross-on or cross-shore, which doesn't help. By the end of the month, we see a few glassy mornings on the 30th of August and the 1st of September, but the swell is still tiny, around 2 ft to 3 ft from the west with a short 6-second period. It's clean, but there's just nothing to ride.

The only faint glimmer is on the very last day, the 3rd of September, where we get a 2 ft swell from the SW with a 15-second period and a combined energy of 136. That's a long-period groundswell, but again, it's tiny and the wind is cross-on. It's a long way off and nothing to get excited about.

Look, a few of these breaks are fairly consistent, so it's a bit of a shock to see such a blank run. But it happens. We just have to wait for the next storm track to set us up. This one's a washout.

Rusty.

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