Last Chance Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surf faithful, Rusty here with the full rundown for the next couple of weeks. It’s a proper mixed bag, with a couple of moments that’ll get the heart pumping and some long flat spells to test your patience. The ocean’s got a plan, and we just gotta read it.

Overall, we start with a bang, then it flatlines for a while, before another pulse of energy arrives mid-period. The standout, the one you tell your mates about, is that first Wednesday morning. The water’s coming in a touch colder than usual for this time of year, about a degree off the norm, so don't forget the booties.

The first call to action is at Last Chance on Wednesday, September 2nd, in the morning. This is the pick of the whole forecast. We’ve got a 8ft south swell with a solid period. The wind is light out of the north, giving us a clean, off-shore breeze. The energy reading is off the Richter scale at a powerful 2570. This is proper groundswell, the kind that gets a point break like this roaring. For the advanced surfers only at this size, this is gonna be absolutely firing. Later that afternoon, the swell actually bumps up a bit and the period stretches out, but the wind swings onshore and will likely chop it to pieces.

After that first pulse, we hit a real flat and pretty in a hurry. From Friday the 4th through Monday the 7th, it’s mostly tiny. There’s barely any energy, with readings under 110, so you can ride your foamie or just watch the tide move. Good time to get the fins sorted or just chill.

We get a little bit of life back on Tuesday, September 8th. A 6ft swell arrives, but the period’s short and the wind is messy. The real standout from this next pulse is on Wednesday, September 9th, in the morning. It’s a bigger, 7ft swell with a strong energy reading of 1110. The wind is light offshore and it should be really clean. Another one for the experienced crew. By the afternoon that wind is gonna shift onshore and mess it up. Then we get another quiet stretch.

The second weekend brings a bit of a reprieve with some clean, glassy conditions. Swell around 4 to 5ft, with good periods between 13 and 14 seconds. That’s some decent shape if you can find a bank that’s holding.

Now, the long-range one that has me amped. For Monday, September 14th, in the morning, we get a significant pulse. A proper 12ft of south swell with a period of 9 seconds. The wind is light and offshore, and while the period is a bit short, the raw power is there with an energy reading of 1900. That’s a serious, serious day. This one is nearly two weeks out, so treat it as a promising possibility rather than a guarantee.

The window closes out with just some average, clean surf on Wednesday, September 16th, with a 3ft easterly swell. It’s rideable but nothing to get too worked up about.

So there you have it. Two proper windows to target: the first Wednesday morning and a week later. And that long-range Monday the 14th is a real giant if it all lines up. Until next time, keep your eyes on the horizon.

Rusty

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