Langs beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at Langs Beach. Let’s be real, the next couple of weeks are a mixed bag, and we’ve got a long quiet stretch to get through before anything worthwhile shows up.

For the first week, honestly, it’s pretty flat and ordinary. The swell is tiny and the conditions are mostly messy. We kick off on Saturday the 8th with a weak 2ft northerly windswell, but the wind is howling onshore at 12 mph, and the combined energy is a limp 19 – it’s just not worth paddling out for. Sunday the 9th sees a little more size, hitting 5ft to 7ft, but it’s still northerly, short period, and the wind is cross-onshore. The energy bumps up to 173 and 383, but it’s choppy and poor. Monday the 10th morning cleans up with a light cross-offshore breeze from the SW, and we get a 4ft, 8-second swell from the north. The energy is 195, and the conditions are clean, but it’s still very ordinary – just a small, weak wave for a beginner. Tuesday morning the 11th is glassy with an ESE breeze, but the swell drops to 3ft and the energy is only 104. It’s surfable, but nothing to get excited about.

Wednesday through Friday the 12th-14th is a washout – onshore winds or poor conditions, with swell sizes bouncing between 2ft and 5ft. The water temperature is 59°F, which is about normal for this time of year (only a 0.4°F anomaly), so no surprises there.

Then we hit a real dry spell. From Saturday the 15th all the way through to Friday the 21st of August, the surf is tiny. We’re looking at waves under 3ft, often 0.5ft to 2ft, with weak energy readings in the teens to 70s. The wind is clean and cross-offshore, but there’s just no swell to work with. It’s a long gap of over a week where the board stays in the car.

Finally, the end of the run – Saturday the 22nd – shows a glimmer of hope. The morning brings a 4ft northeasterly swell with a 6-second period, and the energy is 148. The wind is light and cross-offshore, so it’ll be clean. By Saturday afternoon, it improves a touch: 5ft from the NE, period 7 seconds, energy 195, and glassy conditions. This is the best we’ve got in the first two weeks – a small, clean wave for beginners to get a few fun ones.

But the real standout is Sunday the 23rd. That morning, we’ve got a 12ft swell from the NNE with a 12-second period, and the energy is a massive 3934. The wind is light cross-offshore. That’s a lot of power, but it’s too big for this break. The guidance says it’s “too big for this break,” so this is expert-only territory, and even then, it’s going to be a beast. The afternoon is even bigger: 13ft from the east, 11 seconds, energy 4833, with a gentle offshore wind. That’s a serious, heavy groundswell that will be way too much for Langs Beach. This is not a day for a paddle; it’s a day to watch from the cliff.

So, the pick of the entire period? Honestly, Saturday the 22nd afternoon is the only real session for the average surfer – a clean, glassy 5ft wave. Sunday the 23rd is a monster, but only for the brave and the experienced. The rest is a long wait.

Rusty.

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