Kilcummin Harbour Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here.

Well, it’s a bit of a slow burner for the next week and a bit, but there’s some serious muscle showing up on the horizon if you’re patient. The first real window of opportunity doesn’t even pop up until Monday the 24th, and even then, it’s a building thing. Before that, we’re staring at a pretty flat and messy run of days, with nothing worth paddling out for.

We’ve got a solid spell of onshore and cross-shore winds keeping things chopped up and messy right through the weekend. The swell is small and weak, with periods struggling to get past 8 seconds. The combined energy is weak, sitting in the low hundreds or even under 100 (like 70 and 46 on Saturday). It’s a classic case of waiting it out. The water temp is about average for this time of year, no real surprises there.

Then Monday the 24th rolls around and things start to get interesting. The morning has some clean conditions with a light offshore, but it’s still only showing 3 ft. The real spark is that afternoon. The wind swings offshore and it’s clean, with a building 8 ft swell from the west at 11 seconds. The energy jumps right up into that moderate range (1318). That’s your first genuine standout, and it’s looking like the best call for a week that’s been mostly dead. Kilcummin Harbour (Kilcummin-Harbour) is the spot here.

Things get messy again for a few days after that, with onshore winds and chop messing up a small swell. We’re back to waiting. There’s a brief window on Thursday the 27th afternoon with a clean 5 ft west-northwest swell and light cross-offshore wind, but it’s not quite the same quality as Monday. It’s surfable, but nothing special.

Now, for the long range, there’s something to keep an eye on. Saturday the 29th of August has a big pulse of 15 ft predicted, but that’s way too much size for this break – that’s expert-only territory and it’s flagged as too big. The following day, Sunday the 30th, still has the clean offshore conditions with a more manageable 8 ft west-northwest swell. That afternoon looks tasty for experienced surfers, with strong moderate energy (1077). Then Monday the 31st keeps that clean offshore flow with a solid 7 ft west-southwest swell, looking very good.

So, the one to circle on the calendar for the second week is that Sunday the 30th, with Monday the 31st as a solid backup. The first week has just the one standout on Monday the 24th. Beyond that, it’s about picking the clean windows when they come.

Stay stoked.

Rusty

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