Lawrencetown Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

To be honest, this is a tough run. The pattern for the next 16 days is mostly flat and blown out, with only a few fleeting moments where the conditions are even worth paddling out for. There’s a real lack of consistent, clean swell, and the wind is mostly working against us. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with very little to get excited about.

The first real chance we see comes on the morning of Thursday, August 6th. Lawrencetown Reef is showing a small 2ft swell from the SW, and the wind is dead glassy. That’s a major positive. The water is sitting at 60°, which is about average for this time of year. The combined wave energy is weak at just 62, so it’s not going to be pumping, but it will be clean. You’ll be on a log, but it’s a surfable window.

Friday morning, August 7th, is a similar story – another tiny clean window with 3ft from the SSW and glassy WNW winds. Again, the energy is low at 61. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. The quality just isn’t there for a standout.

After those two mornings, it gets grim. We have a solid run of poor conditions from the 8th right through to the 14th. The swell is tiny, the wind is predominantly onshore or cross-onshore, and the scores are all zero. There’s a massive gap with absolutely nothing worth recommending.

Poking through the gloom, we have a few cleaner but still small windows. The mornings of Tuesday, August 11th, and Wednesday, August 12th, both see light offshore winds from the N and NE, with a clean surface. The swell is tiny, though, sitting at 2ft to 3ft, with energy barely reaching 73. That’s a log wave at best. On Saturday, August 15th, the morning shows a clean 2ft from the SE with a light ENE cross-offshore breeze. Then Sunday, August 16th, has a clean morning again with 2ft from the ESE and a light offshore.

None of these are true standouts. If I had to pick the best of a very poor bunch, I’d say the glassy morning of Thursday, August 6th, is the pick. The combination of zero wind and a tiny bit of swell makes it the most likely spot for a clean, if small, session. The Friday morning, August 7th, is a close second. Everything else is a gamble on tiny, weak waves with wind in your face.

Stay patient, folks. It’s a tough forecast, but it’s not always like this.

Rusty.

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