Nesika Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into what’s on the table for Nesika Beach over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you – it’s a lean run, so don’t get your hopes up too high.

Right now, the overall picture is pretty quiet. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak swells and a lot of tricky wind, especially in the first week and a half. There are really only two days that stand out as worth paddling out, and both are buried in there pretty deep.

Let’s start at the beginning. Through the end of August and the first few days of September, it’s mostly a waiting game. The swell is tiny, often under 3 ft, with moderate wave energy bouncing around (between 140 and 479 in the combined energy reading). The winds are mostly onshore or cross-onshore, keeping things messy. Thursday the 20th is the first entry, but it’s called marginal with a 4 ft swell from the WNW and a period of 11 seconds, though the wind is onshore from the WNW at 3 mph, so it won’t be clean. That one’s a skip. Then we go days with nothing recommendable. Friday the 21st through to Sunday the 24th are all poor or marginal, with mostly cross or cross-onshore winds. Tuesday the 25th is one of our two standouts. The afternoon session there is looking decent: a 2 ft swell from the SW with a period of 17 seconds – that is a long-period groundswell. More importantly, the wind is glassy (SW, 3 mph). That means clean, smooth conditions. The combined energy is moderate (320). It’s small, so not going to be epic, but for a clean wave on a point break setup, you can have some fun. The swell direction matches up nicely with the optimum NW direction? Actually, with a SW swell, it’s coming from the side for Nesika Beach, but the glassy wind is the real winner here. Expect clean but small lines.

Now, we hit another dry spell from Wednesday the 26th of August all the way through to Monday the 1st of September. Winds are mostly onshore from the NW or NNW, swell stays under 3 ft, and everything is rated poor. Then on Tuesday the 2nd of September, we get our second and last standout. The afternoon looks glassy again, with a 2 ft swell from the SW and a 16-second period (more long-period groundswell). Combined energy at 223. It’s small, but with glassy conditions and that period, the waves should have some shape. A bit of a diamond in the rough after a long flat spell.

After that, Wednesday the 3rd and Thursday the 4th of September see a bump in swell size – up to 5 ft and then 6 ft from the W – but the wind is nasty. Strong cross-onshore from the N at up to 25 mph, making it choppy and messy. Combined energy jumps up (778 and 1254), meaning there is a lot of power in the water, but with that wind, it’s a no-go for a surfboard. Honestly, it looks like a kite surfer’s paradise more than a paddle session. The wave period is short to moderate (9-11 seconds), so it won’t be clean either. Those bigger days are only for the hardcore, and I wouldn’t bother unless you’re a pro on a tow-in.

To sum it up: a long dry stretch with just two brief windows of decent surf. The 25th of August afternoon and the 2nd of September afternoon are your best bets – small, glassy, long-period groundswell. Everything else is either too small, too windy, or too messy. Hold tight, and check back in a few days.

Rusty.

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