Langs beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Langs beach. I gotta be straight with you – this stretch of coast is in a bit of a flat spell for the foreseeable future. The outlook is pretty lean, so don’t get your hopes up for any proper waves for a while.

The water temp is sittin’ around 60°, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year, so no nasty surprises there.

We kick off on Monday the 14th of September with tiny 1ft leftovers from the NE, with a long 12-second period. That’s a groundswell, but it’s so weak the energy is barely registering (32). The wind is light and cross-offshore, so the surface will be clean, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a rideable wave. This flat, poor quality stuff rolls right through Tuesday and Wednesday.

Thursday the 17th sees a jump in size, with a northerly windswell pushin’ 5ft by the morning and 6ft in the afternoon. The energy jumps up into the moderate range (156 and 291), which sounds promising, but the period is a woeful 5 to 7 seconds – that’s short-period, choppy junk. Worse still, it’s howlin’ onshore at 15 to 18 mph from the north. This is one of those days where the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The rain’s comin’ in too. Not a day for a surf check.

After that little spike, we drop right back into the doldrums. From Friday the 18th all the way through to Monday the 28th of September, it’s mostly ankle to knee-high dribble. A few mornings have clean conditions with cross-offshore breezes, but there’s just no swell energy to work with. You’ll see combined energy values in the single digits or low twenties – that’s barely a ripple. The 14th of September through to the 27th is basically a write-off.

Now, there is one moment that catches the eye. On Monday the 28th of September, in the afternoon, we get a glassy surface with a 0.6ft easterly swell, and get this – the period hits 16 seconds. That is a very long-period groundswell. The combined energy is 44, so still weak, but that long period at a beach break like Langs can make the waves break a bit too straight and closey. Still, if you’re desperate for a slide, that glassy surface and that long pulse might give you a few clean little runners. The wind is dead calm. It’s the only time in the whole 16 days that the score even reaches a 1 out of 10, so that’s your best bet, but keep the expectations in check.

Tuesday and Wednesday after that are back to small, choppy, or windy.

Honestly mate, there’s no standout session here. If you’re hangin’ for a paddle, that glassy Monday afternoon on the 28th is the only window worth a look, and even then it’s a gamble. The rest of the time, leave the board in the car.

Rusty.

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