Lagide Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the run of surf coming our way at Lagide over the next couple of weeks.

Right now, it’s a tough start. We’re looking at a dry spell with no real surf on offer through Tuesday afternoon the 25th of August, and right into Wednesday and Thursday. The water’s sitting at 66°, about 3° cooler than you’d expect for this time of year—feels a bit nippy when you first get in. Swell is small and weak, with a combined energy of just 101 early on, and winds are mostly cross-off or onshore and lumpy. Not worth paddling out.

That quiet run stretches for several days, with nothing recommended until we hit the morning of Friday, the 28th of August. That Friday morning looks like the standout of the whole period. We get a clean 7ft groundswell rolling in from the WNW, with a period of 11 seconds—that’s got some real push and shape behind it. The combined energy climbs to 992, which is moderate to strong, and the wind goes glassy, dead calm. This will be clean, lined-up waves at Lagide, a beach and reef setup. Best for advanced surfers, as 7ft is pushing into expert territory. The swell direction is close to the optimum NNW, so it should wrap in nicely. Only catch: the afternoon gets a bit of cross-on wind, so make the most of that morning session. Crowds are likely at this spot given it’s fairly consistent and often busy, but for that morning, with conditions that sweet, it’s worth it.

From Friday afternoon onward, things start to slide. Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th see onshore northerlies and onshore swell, no good. The surf quality drops right off. The wind stays onshore through most of the following week, with only marginal or poor conditions. Monday the 31st and Tuesday the 1st of September are blown out with onshore winds and a messy swell around 4ft to 7ft.

One to keep an eye on: Saturday morning the 5th of September brings a big 8ft NW swell with a period of 11 seconds and strong combined energy of 1271. That’s powerful stuff, but the wind is straight onshore from the north at 15 mph. That’s a problem. Break looks ugly. Same goes for Sunday the 6th morning—7ft and 10-second period, still onshore. Might be a kite day if you’re into that.

After that, the last few days of the run into the 8th and 9th of September stay onshore with moderate to fresh winds and onshore swell. Not much hope of clean waves. The week-two forecast is looking pretty ordinary overall. There are no other standouts.

Bottom line: If you can get out on Friday the 28th of August morning, that’s your window. Glassy, decent size, decent direction. Everything else is a fight.

Rusty.

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