Lawrencetown Left Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. Rusty here.

First up, we’ve got a little reef-and-point setup called Lawrencetown Left Point. It’s inconsistent, and it only breaks when the swell and wind line up just right. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing wild there.

The whole 16-day window is a bit of a struggle. There’s no real standout session, just a few brief moments where conditions are barely surfable. The first few days are a write-off. Friday the 21st has a glassy morning with tiny 2ft swell from the southeast, period a short 8 seconds, and the combined energy is weak at 71 – it’s surfable but very ordinary. By afternoon the wind swings cross-on and it’s poor.

Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd are both poor with onshore or cross-shore wind and increasing chop. Sunday morning sees the swell bump to 5ft from the southeast, but with a short 5-second period and a cross-on wind of 15 mph, it’s a mess. The combined energy hits 131 (moderate), but the quality is terrible. Afternoon gets worse with 5ft and onshore wind.

Monday the 24th stays poor, with 5ft swell but cross-on wind and a 6-second period – energy is 178 (moderate) but it’s choppy and ugly. The rest of that week is more of the same: small, short-period swell, mostly cross-on or onshore wind, and only a couple of mornings with clean conditions and tiny waves.

The best of the lot comes on Wednesday morning, August 26th. The wind is light and cross-offshore from the west at 9 mph, the swell is 3ft from the southwest (period 5 seconds), and the combined energy is 111 (moderate). It’s clean. The waves are small, but if you’re desperate for a slide, that’s your window. Crowds are possible here – it’s not totally empty.

Thursday morning, August 27th is also clean with a light cross-offshore wind from the WNW at 6 mph, but the swell drops to 2ft from the southeast (period 7 seconds, energy 63). Very small.

Then we hit a gap of poor conditions until Wednesday morning, September 2nd, when the wind turns cross-offshore from the west at 9 mph, swell is 4ft from the southwest (period 8 seconds, energy 177 – moderate). It’s clean again, but the waves are still on the small side and the rating is poor. Not a standout.

The final entry on Saturday, September 5th shows a bump in swell to 7ft from the southeast (period 6 seconds, energy 406 – strong), but it’s cross-on wind at 15 mph and the conditions are poor. That’s expert-only territory if you’re brave, but the wind will make it a battle.

Overall, there’s nothing here that’ll get the heart pumping. The best bet is Wednesday morning the 26th for a clean, small session on a point break. Keep expectations low, and check the forecast again – it can’t stay this flat and messy forever.

– Rusty

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