Lakes Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Lakes Beach.

First off, the news ain't great for the next week and a half. We’ve got a long stretch of pretty ordinary conditions, with a few rare moments that might just get you wet. The water temp is sitting about average for this time of year, so no shock there.

We kick things off on Wednesday the 19th of August morning. It’s a small window of hope. The swell is a tiny 3 ft from the ESE with a short period of 7 seconds and moderate wave energy (211). But the wind is glassy from the north at only 3 mph. That’s clean, and for an exposed sandbar like Lakes Beach, that’s your best shot. It’s an advanced spot that’s fairly consistent, but it can get crowded sometimes. That morning is the standout for the whole first week. Get on it early.

After that morning, it drops right off. The wind swings around, the swell gets smaller, and conditions turn choppy or just weak. Expect several days of poor surf from Wednesday afternoon right through to Tuesday the 25th of August. There’s a tiny blip on Tuesday afternoon with a 2 ft ENE swell and offshore wind (9 mph) that cleans it up, but the energy is low (77) and it’s just ordinary. Not worth getting too excited about.

Wednesday the 26th of August is blown out with strong winds. Then we finally see something on Thursday the 27th of August morning. The swell picks up to 4 ft from the south with a period of 8 seconds. The combined energy jumps to 290 (moderate), and with a light NNW breeze at 6 mph making it cross-offshore, the waves should be clean. That’s a solid window for the more advanced crew. By the afternoon the wind turns onshore, so it’s a morning-only call.

Friday the 28th of August morning is surfable but ordinary, with 3 ft SE swell. After that, the 29th of August Saturday sees a big jump in swell size—up to 8 ft on the Saturday morning and 13 ft Saturday afternoon—but it comes with gale-force cross-shore winds. That’s a mess. This is a beach and sandbar setup, so those conditions are more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. Too big and too wild.

Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st of August are still big (up to 8 ft and 6 ft) but with strong cross-onshore winds, making it lumpy and poor. Into the first of September, the swell drops back under 3 ft but the wind stays fresh and messy.

The final bright spot is Thursday the 3rd of September morning. A small 2 ft ENE groundswell with a long period of 11 seconds (126 energy) and light offshore SSW wind at 3 mph. Clean, long-period waves, but at a beach break, those long lines might break a bit straight. Still, a quiet, clean morning for the patient surfer.

So, to sum it up: the standout is Wednesday 19th August morning for glassy conditions and a small clean wave. The other real highlight is Thursday 27th August morning for a better-sized, clean south swell. Everything else is a waiting game. A long gap of poor conditions in between, but it’s normal for this area—forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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