Mainside Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Got to level with you – the next two weeks at Mainside are a total bust. It’s a full 16-day stretch with no surf worth paddling out for. Flat spells and tiny, weak waves with rubbish conditions are all that’s on offer. The best you’ll see is a knee-high ankle-biter, and even that’s getting wrecked by wind.

First real chance isn’t until 14th August (Friday afternoon), but it’s barely a wobble. Swell is 0.3ft from the ENE with a short 10-second period and only 16 combined energy units. A light cross-onshore breeze is messing with it. Water is 83°F, about normal for this time of year, but you won’t be getting wet anyway.

Saturday the 15th morning has a 0.5ft ENE swell with 11-second period, and the wind flips offshore – clean but no push. Energy is a weak 23. That afternoon goes glassy with the same tiny swell – beautiful conditions, zero waves.

Sunday the 16th through Tuesday the 18th all show 0.5ft ENE swell with moderate offshore wind (ESE to E at 12-16 mph). Energy sticks between 18 and 23. It’s clean as anything, but you’d be bobbing on flat water. A complete flat spell hits Tuesday afternoon (18th) when swell and energy both disappear.

We get a short pulse on Wednesday the 19th: 2ft to 2ft from the east with a short 7-second period. The energy reaches 114 on the afternoon session – moderate – but wind is cross-offshore at 12-16 mph. Short period and cross-offshore wind means messy, lumpy waves. Not worth it. Thursday the 20th drops back to 0.8ft-1ft east swell, period still short at 7 seconds, energy falling to 41 and then 24.

After that, it’s tiny dribbles or nothing through to 29th August. There’s a half-decent 1ft east swell with a 12-second period on the 26th (Wednesday) morning and afternoon, energy reading 106 and 102 – solid moderate energy with some longer-period groundswell feel. Wind is onshore from the west at 9 mph. That longer-period swell doesn’t do much on a reef break, and with onshore wind, it’ll be bumpy and weak. The 27th has a 0.8ft east swell, 11-second period, energy in the 70s, but wind is cross at 16 mph from the southwest – choppy and ugly.

Bottom line: save your time. There’s nothing here worth dragging a board out for. Forecasts can change around here, but for now, it’s a dry spell.

Rusty.

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