Little Avalon Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, listen up. It’s Rusty here. I’ve been staring at the charts for the next couple of weeks, and I’ve got to be straight with you: it’s looking pretty grim. We’ve got a long stretch of tiny, weak surf ahead. The energy is just not there.

The only break showing any sort of pulse is Little Avalon, but even that’s a struggle. It’s a sharp reef set-up that needs a solid push from the northeast, and that’s just not happening with any conviction. For the next week, we're looking at dribble. On the 26th of August, there’s a small 3.2ft ENE swell, but it’s got a short 8-second period and a cross-off wind that’s going to make it messy. The water is 64°, which is about normal for this time of year, so no surprises there. That’s the best of a bad bunch, and it’s not saying much.

The whole first week is a write-off. We’re talking knee-to-waist high mush at best. There is a brief moment on the morning of the 28th of August where the wind goes glassy, but the swell is only 2ft. It’ll be clean, but there’s just nothing to push you around. The energy in that first week is weak, with the combined energy values mostly in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, barely reaching 136 on that first day. It’s flat, it’s weak, and it’s frustrating.

We then hit a dead zone. From the 29th of August right through to the 9th of September, it’s essentially flat. There are a few ankle-biters, but nothing that even registers as a wave. The energy drops into the single digits or zero. The period stretches out, but there’s no height to go with it. This is a proper, drawn-out flat spell. It’s not just a day or two; it’s a solid week-plus of nothing. The only thing that might save you is that the wind does go offshore a few times, like on the morning of the 31st of August, but you’d be surfing whitewash.

There is a tiny bump on the afternoon of the 1st of September, a 1.6ft easterly swell with an 11-second period. That period is a bit longer, which is good, but there’s just no size. The energy gets up to 76, which is still weak, but it’s the most we’ll see for a while. A couple of days later, on the 6th of September, the wind is howling offshore at 22 mph, which will make it look like a washing machine out there, but with only 0.6ft of swell, it’ll just be whitecaps.

Honestly, if you’ve got a kite, this extended period of small, wind-blown slop might look more appealing than trying to paddle a surfboard. For the surfer, this is a blank run, and it’s pretty normal for this area when the swell direction locks in from the east-northeast but with nothing behind it. The forecasts can change, but right now, the outlook for the next 16 days is poor. The only spot worth checking is Little Avalon, and only if you’re desperate for a

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