Mother Ivey s Spot M Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for Mother Ivey's Spot M.

Straight up, I gotta be honest with you – it's a grim outlook. This is one of those stretches where you might as well leave the board in the car for the best part of a fortnight. We've got a long gap of poor surf conditions stretching from now all the way through, with the first real flicker of something not completely terrible not showing up until the morning of Friday, 14th August, and even that is nothing to write home about. The waves are small and the wind is just a mess for most of it.

Let's walk through it. Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th are flat. We're talking knee-high dribble, 0.7ft to 1ft, with light, messy winds. The water temp is sitting at 66°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least you won't freeze while you're floating around doing nothing.

Monday the 10th through to Thursday the 14th morning is more of the same – small, weak swell and onshore or cross-shore winds making it choppy. The combined energy is low, barely breaking 100 (61 on Monday morning). There's a slight bump Wednesday the 13th morning with a 4ft swell from the W, period 11 seconds and cross-off winds giving clean conditions, but the wave comment says it all: "poor surf conditions". The energy picks up to 269 (moderate energy), but it's not enough to save the quality.

Friday the 14th morning is the only time in this whole run that gets a score of 1 out of 10, meaning it's "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions". Swell is 3ft from the W at 9 seconds, cross-off wind, clean faces. It's still weak and tiny, but it's the best we've got.

After that, it's back to poor surf all the way through to Sunday the 23rd of August. There's a moment on Wednesday the 19th morning with a 5ft swell (moderate energy at 204) and a 4ft on the afternoon, but the wind is cross or cross-off and the period is a short 7 seconds, so it's lumpy and weak. On Thursday the 20th, we see the biggest swell of the forecast – 5ft from the WNW with a combined energy of 310 (moderate to strong energy) – but the wind is cross-on and choppy, so it's a complete write-off. That size (over 5ft) is getting too big for beginners, but the wind ruins it for everyone.

In summary, this is a blank run. There's no standout, no day you'd mark on the calendar. The setup is more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer for most of it. If you absolutely have to get wet, maybe paddle out Friday 14th morning for a few limp 3ft waves with clean faces. Otherwise, save your energy. Forecasts can change, but this one looks stubborn.

Rusty.

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