Moody Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for the next stretch.

To be blunt, we're looking at a pretty grim run of surf. The next 16 days are essentially a write-off. There's just nothing happening at Moody Point that's worth getting excited about. The swell is tiny, the energy is weak, and the conditions are mostly messy. It's one of those periods where the forecast just doesn't want to cooperate.

We kick off on Friday the 21st of August with a tiny 2-foot east-southeast swell, but it's got a cross-breeze on it and the wave energy is practically non-existent at 59. It's a no-go. Saturday the 22nd offers a slight bump in the afternoon with a 4-foot swell, but it's a short-period 6 seconds from the east-southeast, and while the wind turns cross-off, the quality is still described as poor. The energy picks up a bit to 117, but it's not enough to save it.

The pattern continues day after day. Sunday the 23rd, Monday the 24th, Tuesday the 25th – all tiny, weak, and mostly blown out or onshore. There's a brief moment on Tuesday afternoon where the conditions are "surfable but very ordinary," but with a 3-foot, 4-second swell from the south-southeast, it's barely a ripple. The wave energy is just 68. You'd be better off doing something else.

The only real highlight, if you can call it that, is on the morning of Wednesday the 2nd of September. We get a tiny 1-foot swell from the southeast with a 9-second period, but the wind is *glass*. Absolutely dead flat, no wind. For a moment, the water is like a mirror. But the problem is the swell is just too small – 1 feet – to do anything with. The energy is a measly 38. It's a beautiful looking ocean, but there's no rideable wave.

Beyond that, it's more of the same through to the end of the period on the 5th of September. Tiny swells, onshore or cross-shore winds, and very low wave energy. The combined energy values never get above 264, and that's on a 5-foot, 6-second swell from the south-southeast on the 1st of September, but the wind is onshore and the quality is poor. It's a classic case of "don't bother."

So, the bottom line: there's no standout session, no one day to circle on the calendar. It's a total blank run. For an exposed reef break like Moody Point, it's not unusual to see these extended flat spells. The setup just needs a decent push from the southeast to get going, and that push just isn't forecast. All we can do is wait for the next system to roll through. Forecasts can change, but right now, it's a solid *no* from me.

Rusty.

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