Leffingwell Landing Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you. The next week and a half is looking pretty grim. We’ve got just one break on the radar – Leffingwell Landing – and the conditions are getting hammered by a persistent cross-onshore wind that just won’t let up. The water temp is sitting at 61°, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

For the first week, from Thursday the 20th right through to Friday the 28th of August, it’s a write-off. The swell is small and weak, mostly around 1 ft to 6 ft, and that wind is rubbish. The combined energy is moderate at best (393 to 941), but it doesn’t matter because the wind is ruining any chance of a clean wave. The model is calling it “poor surf conditions” every day, and I’m not going to argue. You’d be better off staying home.

Now, there’s a little flicker of hope on Saturday the 29th of August. We get a modest 4 ft SSW swell with a long period of 17 seconds. The combined energy jumps up to 886, and the wind eases off to a light breeze. It’s still cross-onshore, but only light, so you might get a few clean ones if you’re patient. The model rates it as “marginal” – it’s not great, but it’s the only window in the whole run where you could actually paddle out and not feel like you’re fighting a washing machine. If you’re desperate, that’s your best shot.

After that, it’s back to the same story. The wind picks up again, the swell gets messy, and the conditions are consistently poor all the way through to the 4th of September. There’s a couple of days in the first week of September where the swell gets a bit more size – up to 8 ft on the 31st of August – but with that wind, it’s a choppy, lumpy mess. That’s expert-only territory, and even then, it’s not going to be pretty.

Honestly, for the whole 16-day window, there’s nothing to get excited about. The only standout is that Saturday morning on the 29th of August, and even then, it’s a gamble. The winds are just not on our side this time.

Rusty.

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