Linkys Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s on the menu for the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with ya—it’s a slow start. The first few days are looking like a flat, gutless battle with the ocean. There’s technically some swell in the water, but it’s small, weak, and the winds are mostly junk. We’re looking at a real dry spell for the first week and a half.

We’ve got Linkys as our only spot on the list. It’s a reef and point set-up, which is good news for when that groundswell shows up, but for now it’s just not doing anything for us. The early window, through the 18th and into the morning of the 19th, is a write-off. We’ve got light cross-onshore breezes cutting up an already tiny, weak southeast swell. Not worth getting wet.

There’s a glimmer of something on the afternoon of the 19th. The wind swings to the south and goes cross-offshore. The swell is still tiny at 2ft from the southeast, but the clean conditions are a major plus. It’s surfable, but just barely. You’d be scratching for anything rideable. This pretty much sets the tone for the next several days: small swell, mostly poor surf, and winds that are either too onshore, too cross, or just messy. There are a few afternoons with cross-offshore winds, like the 20th and 24th, but the swell is just too weak to make anything of it. The energy readings are all weak.

The whole week up to the 28th is a famine. The swell never gets above 2ft, and the period is mostly short, meaning zippy and disorganized if anything breaks at all. You’re better off doing something else.

Now, here’s where things get interesting. We’ve got a longer period swell filling in around the 29th of August. That Saturday morning is the standout window. The wind goes glassy—zero wind—and we’ve got 3ft of swell from the south-southeast with a 10-second period. The combined energy jumps to that moderate range. This is a real leap from the weak readings we’ve had, and with the glassy conditions, Linkys should clean up nicely. The swell direction is southeast, which is about as good as it gets for this spot. This is the one to circle on the calendar. Don’t get too amped; it’s still small, but it’s clean and organized. It’s the best on offer.

The afternoon of the 29th, the wind swings onshore and chops it up, so that window is short. The 30th and 31st are just poor, with increasing wind and mess. We may see some more energy on the 2nd of September—the combined energy climbs to that moderate range again on that Wednesday afternoon, and we’ve got a long period, 14-second southeast swell. That’s a genuine long-period groundswell. But the wind is a light cross-shore, and the forecast is only marginal. It’s promising, but it’s a week and a half out, so treat it with a grain of salt. If it cleans up, this could be fun, but we’re not certain yet.

So, the long and short of it: don’t waste your time until the morning of the 29th. That’s the standout. The rest is a bunch of close-outs and blown-out doldrums. This drought is a test of patience, but the ocean usually comes around eventually.

Alright, that’s the picture. Stay patient, keep the board waxed.

- Rusty

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