Maslin Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Look, I’ve been staring at the charts for Maslin Beach and I gotta be straight with you—it’s a bleak stretch ahead for most of the 16-day window. We’re looking at a long, dry spell of tiny, weak surf with mostly poor conditions. The first real pulse of anything half-decent doesn’t show up until just before the end of the month.

The water temp at Maslin Beach is sitting at 57°F right now, which is about average for this time of year, so no dramas there for a winter wetsuit session if the waves were there.

For the first week and a half, we’re talking about surf that’s barely a ripple. From Saturday the 15th right through to the 24th, it’s all 0.3ft to 0.7ft of slop, with combined wave energy often in the single digits (like 7), and a whole lot of “poor surf conditions” labels. There’s a brief flicker on Wednesday the 19th afternoon with a 2ft swell from the north, but it’s a short-period windswell (4 seconds) and the wind is a messy cross-onshore, so it’s choppy and not worth paddling out for. The entire stretch from the 15th to the 24th is a waste of time for a surf check.

Then we hit a bit of a turning point. On Tuesday the 25th, the morning shows a jump to 6ft from the northwest, but it’s a short-period, messy swell (6 seconds) with a cross-shore wind, and the combined energy is moderate at 195. It’s still labelled poor surf conditions. The real standout, the only day I’d bother circling on your calendar, is Wednesday afternoon, the 26th of August. The swell bumps up to 8ft from the southwest with a period of 7 seconds, and the combined energy hits a strong 662. The wind goes cross-offshore from the SSE at 15 km/h (9 mph), which will keep it reasonably clean. This is a solid, powerful swell for experienced surfers—anything over 8ft is expert territory at a beach-and-reef setup like this. It’s the one true pulse of energy in the whole forecast.

Thursday the 27th morning still has a 5ft southwest swell with offshore east winds at 10 km/h (6 mph), making it clean, but the energy drops to 159 and conditions are “very ordinary.” Later that afternoon, the wind goes glassy, but the swell drops to 4ft, and the energy is weak at 97. After that, it fades right back to tiny, insignificant surf through to the end of the month.

So, the honest truth? If you’re a seasoned surfer, keep your eyes on the afternoon of the 26th for that 8ft southwest swell with clean conditions. Everything else in this 16-day window is a flat spell not worth chasing. It’s one of those blank runs where you’re better off waiting for the next forecast update.

Rusty.

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