Langland Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. I’ve looked over what’s cookin’ for Langland Bay for the next couple of weeks, and I’ll tell ya, it’s a tough stretch. There’s a long, dry spell of flat and ugly conditions before anything even worth paddling for shows up, and even then, it’s not much to get excited about.

The water’s sitting at a very unusual 70° – that’s much warmer than normal for this time of year. But that’s about the only bright spot. The opening days are a total loss. From Thursday, August 20th, right through to the morning of Saturday, August 29th, we’ve got a solid ten-day gap of tiny, messy, or onshore junk. We’re talkin’ swell heights mostly under 3 ft, periods that are short and weak – the combined energy is often in the double digits (like 232, then dropping to 72, even 14), and the winds are all wrong. Cross-off, cross-on, onshore… it’s a mess. Not a single surfable wave in that entire ten-day block.

The only real glimmer, and I mean the *only* standout in the whole 16-day window, comes on the morning of Saturday, August 29th. We get a pulse of 7 ft swell out of the WSW with a period of 8 seconds. The combined energy jumps right up to 713 – that’s moderate energy, finally. But here’s the catch: it’s rated as “marginal surf forecast or questionable tide conditions” and gets a score of just 2 out of 10. The wind is a light cross-shore from the east at 6 mph, so it’ll be a bit bumpy with small crossing wind ripples. This is a moderately sized swell – over 5 ft – so it’s gettin’ into the territory where it’s not ideal for beginners, and with that short period, it’s gonna be pretty fat and weak on the face. It’s the best of a bad bunch, but honestly, for an intermediate, you might find a few lumpy ones if you’re keen.

After that, it drops right back off again. It’s not until the morning of Wednesday, September 2nd, over a week later, that we see another little pulse. That’s 4 ft from the WSW with a 6-second period – combined energy of 126 (weak). This time the wind is offshore from the north at 9 mph, so it’ll be clean on the surface, but the swell is tiny and short. It’s “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – a 1 out of 10. After that, it’s back to flatness for the rest of the period.

Look, between the two, if you’re desperate, the morning of Saturday, August 29th, is the only real shot for a wave. The swell is there, even if the quality is average. It’s a long-range call, so don’t bank on it being perfect, but it’s the only window we’ve got.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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