Moruya Rivermouth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve gotta be straight with you—this stretch isn’t exactly firing. We’re looking at a long, drawn-out run of small, average conditions with only a few fleeting moments that might get your heart pumping. The first real chance of anything decent doesn’t show up until the middle of the second week, so we’ve got a big gap of fairly ordinary days to get through first.

For the first week or so, it’s mostly small, weak swell and tricky wind. Starting this Sunday morning (30th August) at Moruya Rivermouth, we’ve got a tiny 2 ft south swell, period around 9 seconds, with glassy conditions—that’s the only saving grace. The combined energy is only 109, so it’s weak, but the clean surface makes it surfable for the absolute beginner or longboarder just wanting a paddle. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so nothing unusual there. Sunday arvo the wind swings onshore and it’s all over. Monday morning is more of the same—small, weak, glassy—but nothing to write home about.

Tuesday the 1st of September sees a cross-off breeze and still just 2 ft south swell. It’s clean but tiny. We scrape along with morning windows on Wednesday the 2nd—briefly a 3 ft north-east swell with a short 6-second period (so a bit of a bumpy, wind-swell feel), and then a glassy Thursday morning the 3rd with a weak 1 ft south-east groundswell at 10 seconds, energy down to 61. That’s about as good as it gets early on, and it’s still marginal.

After that, we hit a proper dry spell from Thursday afternoon all the way through to Tuesday the 8th of September—days of flat, onshore, or messy conditions with no real recommendation. You’d be wasting your time.

Then there’s a glimmer. On Wednesday the 9th of September, a late afternoon pulse arrives: 6 ft south swell, period only 7 seconds, but the combined energy jumps to 321—that’s moderate wave energy finally kicking in. The problem? The wind is cross-onshore, so it’s gonna be a bit of a washing machine. This is not the one to get excited about for clean waves, but it’s the first sign of life.

Now, the real standout—and I mean the only true standout in this whole 16-day forecast—is Thursday morning the 10th of September. We’ve got a 5 ft south-southeast swell, period 9 seconds, with the combined energy reading 357, the highest of the entire run. Wind is light cross-onshore from the east-southeast at just 3 mph, so it’s clean with only small ripples. That’s a solid, surfable morning right there—big enough for intermediates to have fun, not too crazy. It’s still not epic, but compared to everything else, it’s your best shot.

After that, it fades fast. Friday the 11th has a weak 3 ft south swell, but cross-shore wind and poor conditions. The last few days barely crack thigh-high. Honestly, if you’re hanging for a wave, pencil in that Thursday morning the 10th at Moruya Rivermouth. It’s not perfect, but it’s the only session worth crying over if you miss it.

Stay patient, mate. Rusty.

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