Ingrina Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on offer for Ingrina over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you – it’s a bit of a flat spell ahead. This is a sheltered reef break that needs a good push from the southwest to get going, and for most of this forecast period, that just isn't happening.

We start off Tuesday the 18th with tiny, weak 0.7ft swell from the SSW, with a long 16 second period. The combined energy is weak at just 24. It’s clean enough in the morning with a light S breeze, but there’s barely enough water moving to bother paddling out. The afternoon gets a cross-on wind, and the whole day is basically a write-off for decent waves.

Wednesday the 19th and Thursday the 20th are more of the same – same tiny swell, weak energy (21 and 3 respectively). Thursday afternoon does clean up with a cross-off breeze from the WNW, but the swell period drops to a shockingly short 4 seconds and the wave height is still only 1ft. You’d be bobbing around on very weak, lumpy bumps.

Friday the 21st sees the swell nudge up slightly to 0.7ft, but the wind turns offshore from the NNW at 16-19 mph, keeping the surface clean. The combined energy is barely there at 25. Still, with that period around 13-14 seconds, it’s got a little bit of shape, but it's tiny surf for the patient surfer. Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd are similar: clean, offshore winds, but the swell drops further to 0.3ft. Energy reads between 7 and 14. This is barely a ripple.

From Tuesday the 25th right through to Friday the 28th, we’re looking at the same story – 0.3ft to 0.7ft of swell, clean winds, but energy levels in the single digits. Honestly, the surf is so small it’s not worth the wetsuit. There is then a proper gap from Saturday the 29th of August through to Monday the 31st of August morning where the combined energy hits zero. No swell at all.

Things finally show a tiny glimmer late in the run. On Monday the 31st of August afternoon, the swell picks up to 0.3ft from the SW, with a very long period of 17 seconds and combined energy of 12. Still small, but that long period groundswell at a reef can sometimes bend in a little more than you’d expect. The following day, Tuesday the 1st of September, has similar tiny 0.3ft energy, and then by Wednesday the 2nd of September morning, the swell ticks up to 0.7ft from the SSW, with a 14 second period and combined energy of 28. Winds are light and cross-off from the west, so conditions will be clean.

So what’s the standout? Honestly, it’s all pretty grim. If I had to point to the best of a poor lot, it would be Wednesday the 2nd of September morning at Ingrina. Even then, we’re only talking 0.7ft of SSW swell, but the 14 second period gives it some shape and the light W wind will have it clean. The combined energy is 28 – still weak, but it’s the most energy we’ve seen in the whole outlook. It’s an inconsistent spot at the best of times, so for it to be this tiny, don’t expect much. Beginners might find a longboard session interesting, but for anyone else, you’re probably better off waiting for a proper swell.

This is a long, lean run for Ingrina. Sometimes it’s just how it goes here.

Rusty.

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