Linkys Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. This is Rusty.

Look, I’ll be straight with y’all – the next couple of weeks at Linkys ain’t exactly gonna get the blood pumpin’. We’ve got a solid week and a half of dribbly, weak surf ahead, with very ordinary conditions. The combined wave energy barely pushes past 100 for most of that first week, and the swell’s usually under 3ft. You’ll see a brief blip around September 1st and 2nd where the swell pushes above chest-high, but the wind is messy and the period is super short, so the quality just isn’t there for proper surfing.

Let’s walk through it day by day.

Sunday 23rd August kicks off with the tiniest of leftovers. The morning sees a weak 2ft from the east with a short 6-second period, and that light easterly breeze is blowing on it, so expect poor surf conditions. Combined energy is a measly 49 (weak). Afternoon gets even worse – dropping to 1.0ft with a longer 12-second period, but the wind is cross-on, so it’s small and bumpy.

Monday the 24th and Tuesday the 25th are a rinse-and-repeat. You’ll get some cleaner windows with light offshore winds from the SW, but the swell is tiny – 2 to 3ft, and the period is short to average. It’s surfable, but about as ordinary as it gets.

The rest of that first week, from Wednesday 26th right through to Sunday 30th, it’s flat to knee-high at best. The wind shifts all over the shop – cross, cross-off, occasionally clean – but there’s simply no wave energy to work with. Every session is either “poor” or “very ordinary.” That’s a long stretch of nothing, a full five days where the best you can hope for is a 2ft slop.

We get a little uptick on Monday 31st August. The morning shows 1.0ft but with a huge 18-second period (groundswell), and the combined energy climbs to 79. Not powerful. By the afternoon, that energy pushes to 113 (moderate), with a clean 1ft at 16 seconds and a light offshore wind from the west. It’s still small, but that clean groundswell pulse might make Linkys look a bit more interesting than the rest, especially since it's a reef and point break that can handle those drawn-out lines.

Then Tuesday 1st September gets weird. The afternoon sees a jump to 6ft from the north-northeast, though the period is a dog at 6 seconds. The combined energy rockets to 353 (moderate to strong). But the wind is from the southeast creating a cross-chop. The wave comment says marginal, and with that short period, it’ll be a bumpy, crumbly mess. Honestly, this setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer if the wind sits right.

Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd September keep the size up a bit – 4ft to 5ft with combined energy between 264 and 337 (moderate to strong) – but the same story: short periods (6-8 seconds) and cross or cross-on winds. The water temp anomaly is normal for this time of year, around 66°, so there’s no weirdly warm or cold factor.

The best of the whole window *might* be Friday 4th September. The morning has a 4ft swell from the east with a 9-second period, combined energy sitting at 382 (strong). But the catch – it’s a cross-on breeze from the northeast/east, so it’s not clean. The wave comment says marginal. It’s there, but it’s not the standout you’d drive for.

After that, it fades hard. Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September drop back to 2ft to 3ft with weak energy (96-240), and by Monday 7th September we’re back to 1ft slop with nothing worth paddling for.

So, if you’re desperate, the late afternoon of the 31st August offers the cleanest, most promising window on a long-period swell, even if it’s only knee-high. The biggest size comes on 1st and 4th September, but the conditions are too compromised to call it a proper standout. For the rest, you’re better off waxing your board and waiting.

Rusty.

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