Langs beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Look, I've gotta be straight with you—this forecast for Langs beach is a bit of a tough one. We're looking at a long stretch of days where the surf just isn't doing us any favours.

The water temp is sitting at about 60°F, which is about average for this time of year, so at least you won't be freezing your bits off while you're waiting for a wave that never comes.

We kick off on Sunday the 13th, but honestly, it's a flat start. Tiny 0.7ft to 1.0ft swell from the NE with a period of 13 seconds, but the combined energy is a weak 40, and it's dropping. The wind is a cross-offshore, which would normally be clean, but there's just nothing to ride. This poor surf continues right through the week.

Monday the 14th, Tuesday the 15th, Wednesday the 16th—all the same story. Swell stays tiny, around 0.7ft to 1.0ft, and the energy is pathetic, bottoming out at 27 on Wednesday afternoon. Winds are light and mostly cross or cross-off, so the water's clean, but you'd be chasing whitewash at best.

Thursday the 17th morning is still flat, but by the afternoon, we see a jump to 4ft from the north. The catch? The period drops to a shocking 5 seconds, and the wind is howling onshore at 19 mph. That's a messy, blown-out windswell. The energy reading is 102, which is still weak, and it's just poor conditions. Not worth it.

Friday the 18th shows a bit more pulse, with 3ft to 4ft swell, but again, the period is a short 7 seconds and the wind is cross to cross-onshore. Energy is moderate, hitting 157 in the morning, but the quality is missing. It's still described as poor.

Saturday the 19th is probably the best of a bad bunch. We've got 3ft swell from the NNE in the morning and 3ft from the NE in the afternoon, with a period of 8 to 10 seconds. The wind is a clean cross-offshore from the WSW, blowing 12 to 19 mph. Energy is 144 and 131, so there's some push. But even then, the forecast still calls it poor surf conditions. It's small and not well organised.

Then we hit a massive gap. From Sunday the 20th all the way through to Thursday the 24th, the swell drops back to 1ft or less, and the energy plummets to single digits by Tuesday the 22nd. There's just nothing to recommend. Winds are clean, sure, but you need waves to surf.

Finally, on Friday the 25th morning, we get a little flicker of hope. A 3ft easterly swell with a period of 5 seconds, moderate offshore wind from the south at 12 mph, and the energy is 41. It's described as "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." That's the only time in the whole 16 days the rating gets above a zero. Even then, the afternoon goes back to poor.

The rest of the run through to Monday the 28th is back to tiny, weak swell with no energy to speak of. So if you're desperate, maybe paddle out on the morning of Friday the 25th, but keep your expectations on the floor.

This is one of those quiet spells. Forecasts can change, but for now, it's a long blank run.

Rusty.

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