Lawrencetown Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with the outlook for the Lawrencetown area.

Let me tell you, it’s a bit of a waiting game for the next couple of weeks. The first real bit of action is a solid week away, so we’ve got a long stretch of quiet, small, and mostly messy conditions to sit through first.

Looking at the forecast, the next 10 days or so are pretty grim. Nothing worth getting excited about. We’ve got a lot of small, weak swell with very poor surf conditions, dominated by cross-onshore winds. The wind is mostly from the southwest, just chopping everything up. There’s a brief moment on Friday morning, the 21st, where the wind goes glassy, but the swell is tiny at 2 ft with a short period of 8 seconds and very weak energy (76). It’s surfable, but it’s barely a ripple. That’s as good as it gets for a while, and it’s not saying much.

The real standout, the one you’ve been waiting for, is looking like Friday, August 28th, in the afternoon. That’s your window. The swell bumps up to 4 ft from the southeast, with a period of 7 seconds. The combined energy is moderate at 204. But the real story is the wind: it goes dead calm, glassy as a mirror. That’s a rare treat for this spot. The waves will be clean and well-shaped for a reef break. The swell direction is right on the money from the southeast, which is the optimum for Lawrencetown Reef. It’s a beginner-friendly spot, but it’s fairly consistent, so you’ll get waves. Just keep in mind, crowds are possible here. The water temperature is 64°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so a spring suit is fine.

The morning of the 28th is also okay, with a gentle offshore wind from the north keeping things clean, but the afternoon glass is the real gem.

The following week starts to fizzle out again. There’s a brief window on Wednesday and Thursday, September 2nd and 3rd, with some clean offshore winds, but the swell is small and weak. The best you can say is the conditions are clean, but the waves are nothing to write home about. For the experts, there’s nothing here over 5 ft, so it’s all manageable.

So, in short: don’t bother with the next week. Mark your calendar for the afternoon of Friday, August 28th. That’s your best bet for a clean, fun session at Lawrencetown Reef. The rest is just waiting for a better pattern to set in.

Rusty.

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