Millers Landing Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Look, I've gotta be straight with you – the next 16 days at Millers Landing are a real struggle. We're looking at a long, flat spell with barely a ripple worth paddling for. The water's sitting about average for this time of year, nothing unusual there.

The whole forecast period is basically a write-off. From Sunday the 23rd right through to the end of the month, it's all poor surf conditions with tiny swell – we're talking a measly 1.0ft to 1ft from the WSW at best, with a very long period around 17 to 18 seconds. That long period might sound promising, but with so little height, it's just not doing anything. The combined energy is weak, barely cracking 100 (112 to 125), and the wind is cross-onshore for most of it, keeping things messy.

The first real standout doesn't appear until Thursday the 3rd of September. That morning we see a jump in energy to 312 from a 2ft SW groundswell with a 19-second period, and by the afternoon it's even stronger at 501. But here's the kicker – it's still marked as poor surf, the wind is cross-onshore, and the waves are just too small and jumbled to get excited about.

Friday the 4th of September morning is the closest we get to a decent window. The swell is 2ft from the SW at 17 seconds, with a combined energy of 347, and for once the wind is light and offshore from the WSW. That's a clean setup, but it's only described as "marginal" – the waves are just barely there. If you're a beginner, 2ft is fine, but it's not going to give you much.

The real stand-out, if you can call it that, is Saturday the 5th of September afternoon. The wind drops to glassy calm, with a tiny 1ft SW swell and 166 combined energy. It's described as "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." That's about as good as it gets, and it's still pretty flat.

After that, the whole thing falls apart. Sunday the 6th brings nasty near-gale cross-shore winds from the SSE at 31 mph, with a messy 3ft WNW windswell at 8 seconds. That's not surf – that's a washing machine. And it's the same story into Monday the 7th.

Honestly, this is a bleak run. Millers Landing is a beach and point setup that's exposed to west swell, and this just isn't delivering. The longer-period swells we get are best suited to points and reefs, but there's no power behind them. With the wind and the tiny size, I'd say this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for most of the period. We'll need a big change in the forecast to get any real waves.

Rusty.

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