Nesika Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – we’ve got a long, dry spell ahead for Nesika Beach. The whole 16-day window is looking pretty grim. There’s no standout session, no hidden gem, just a whole lot of nothing to get excited about. The wind is consistently wrong, and the swell just isn’t cooperating.

We start off with a tiny bit of hope on Saturday the 22nd with a 2 ft swell from the southwest, a 13-second period, but the combined energy is weak (173). The morning has a light cross-offshore breeze, so it’s clean, but the waves are just too small and ordinary to be worth paddling out for. By Saturday afternoon, it goes cross and the conditions drop off.

Then we hit a brick wall. From Sunday the 23rd all the way through Monday the 1st of September, it’s a mess. The wind is almost always onshore or cross-onshore, often howling at 15–22 mph from the NNW. There’s a bit of swell in there, but it’s all junk. On Sunday the 30th of August, the combined energy bumps up to 423, but it’s still a 3 ft swell with onshore wind – just a washing machine. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no help there.

The second week doesn’t get any better. Tuesday the 1st of September sees a short-period (9 seconds) WNW swell build to 4 ft in the morning and 6 ft in the afternoon, but the wind is onshore and strong (19 mph). The combined energy jumps to 1091, meaning there’s power, but it’s all blown out. For an exposed spot like Nesika Beach, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The rest of the week is the same story: building swell up to 7 ft by Friday the 4th, with combined energy hitting 2338, but it’s all cross-onshore and lumpy. That 7 ft is only for experts, but with the wind, it’s just a messy, dangerous closeout.

Honestly, there’s nothing here to get excited about. A blank run like this is normal for the area when the wind doesn’t play ball. Leave the board at home. Rusty.

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