Langs beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' for Langs beach over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it's a tough stretch ahead. The forecast is showing a long, quiet spell with very little to get excited about. The wave energy is weak, and most days we're looking at tiny, poor surf. It's a classic case of waiting it out.

We start off on Saturday the 5th with tiny 0.7 ft swell out of the ENE. The water temp is sitting at 60°, which is pretty average for the time of year. A cross-offshore wind keeps the surface clean, but there's just no power. The combined swell energy is a weak 15. That kind of day is more for a paddle than a proper surf.

Sunday the 6th and Monday the 7th don't offer any relief. Sunday stays stubbornly at 0.7 ft with choppy onshore wind, and Monday sees a jump to 6 ft from the NNW, but with a short, weak period of 7 seconds. The combined energy reads 276, which is moderate, but the wind is messy and the conditions are poor. It's not worth suiting up for that choppy mess.

Tuesday the 8th is the first hint of something surfable. We get a clean morning with 3 ft of swell from the north, period at 8 seconds, and light cross-off winds. The energy is still weak at 88. It's frustratingly close to being OK, but the swell size is just too small.

From Wednesday the 9th all the way through to the end of the forecast period on September 20th, it's a desert. It's day after day of tiny, weak swell—mostly around 0.7 ft to 1.0 ft—with the occasional pulse of 4 ft on the 16th and 17th, but those have a terrible period of just 4 seconds and poor wind. The combined energies are consistently in the double digits and low triple digits, which tells you everything. The morning of the 20th is glassy but with only 0.3 ft of swell. You'd be floating, not surfing.

The only real standout in this whole 16-day window is a couple of sessions that are *surfable but very ordinary*. Tuesday the 8th morning is the best of a bad bunch—clean, cross-off wind, and a tiny bit of north swell. Also, Thursday the 17th morning might give you a knee-high wave with that 4 ft NW swell, but the period is so short it'll be all push and no shape. The wind is clean, though. That’s your best bet if you're desperate.

But seriously, this is a long stretch with virtually no proper surf on offer. It’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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