Kimmeridge Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Kimmeridge Bay.

To be straight with you, this is a tough run. We’re looking at a solid two weeks where the surf just doesn’t line up with clean conditions. The swell shows up at times, but the wind is almost always messing it up. We’ve got a real gap here – from now until the end of the first week of September, the conditions are just poor. There’s no real stand-out session in that first stretch.

We kick off Friday the 28th of August. There’s a small 3 ft swell from the WSW, but a fresh 30 km/h cross-wind has the surface all lumpy and cross-chop. It’s a no-go. That afternoon the wind cranks up to 45 km/h, cross-onshore, with the swell building to 6 ft. The combined energy is moderate at 243, but it’s messy and blown out. Saturday the 29th sees the swell jump to 12 ft in the afternoon with a near gale cross-onshore wind at 50 km/h – that’s a massive 1352 combined energy reading, but it’s an absolute washing machine. Only for the hardcore, and even then, it’s not clean.

Sunday the 30th through to Tuesday the 1st of September offers a little more hope, but the wind stays onshore or cross-shore, keeping the surf lumpy and poor. The water temperature is about average for the time of year. By Tuesday morning the 1st, we finally get a clean window with a light cross-offshore breeze and a tiny 2 ft swell from the WSW, but the combined energy is weak at 73. It’s not really worth paddling out for.

From the 2nd of September, we slip back into small, choppy surf with onshore winds. A small pulse on the 3rd of September with 5 ft swell and moderate cross-shore wind might look okay on paper, but the combined energy is 123 and it’s still cross-chop. The conditions are just not cooperating.

The real quiet spell hits from the 5th of September onward. We’re looking at swells dropping below 1 ft for days on end. The morning of the 5th is clean with a light offshore, but there’s barely a ripple. That pattern holds through the 6th and 7th. There is a small pulse of 4 ft on the 7th of September from the WSW, with a moderate cross-shore wind and combined energy of 107, but it’s still cross-chop.

After that, it’s a long flat spell. From the 8th of September, the swell is consistently under 2 ft, and by the 11th and 12th, it’s practically flat. There’s a tiny 0.3 ft swell on the 12th with a very long period of 13 seconds from the west, but the combined energy is just 6. Not enough to surf.

Honestly, for the next 16 days, there’s not a single session I’d call a standout. The swell and wind just never come together. If you’re itching to get wet, the cleanest windows are the mornings of the 1st and 5th of September, but the swell is tiny. For now, it’s a waiting game. Forecasts can change, but this run looks pretty barren.

Rusty.

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