Lighthouse Right Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let’s talk about what’s on the menu for the next couple of weeks around Noumea. Honestly, looking at the broader picture, it’s a pretty lean run. We’ve got some tiny windows where it *might* be worth a paddle, but don't expect anything firing.

The first real shot at any sort of surf comes on Tuesday, August 4th. Lighthouse Right is showing a small 4ft swell from the SSW with a moderate 18-second period. The water temp here is sitting at about 72°, which is bang on average for this time of year—nothing to write home about. The problem is the wind is hammering straight from the East at 19 mph, putting a nasty cross-shore chop on it. The energy is moderate, pushing into the low 1000s (1031), but it’s going to look pretty lumpy.

We cruise through the rest of that first week into the second, and it’s mostly small and sloppy. There’s a little blip on Sunday, August 9th in the afternoon. The wind swings around to a light offshore from the NNW at just 6 mph, cleaning things up. You’ve got 2ft from the SW at a short period, so it’s not going to have much push. It’s surfable, but very ordinary.

Looking further out, Thursday, August 13th in the morning has a moment of glassy conditions and a tiny 1ft swell from the SW at 16 seconds. It’s marginal at best—really just a chance to get wet if you’re desperate and the tide lines up.

The one that catches my eye as the standout—if you can call it that—is Sunday, August 16th in the morning. We get a pulse of 3ft swell from the SSW with a very long 21-second period. That’s a proper groundswell. Combined energy jumps to 573 (strong to very strong for the size) which tells you it has some grunt. The wind is light onshore from the South at just 3 mph, almost glassy. This is going to be a clean, lined-up wave at Lighthouse Right, but that super long period means it’ll break pretty straight and has long gaps. For a reef set-up though, it should offer some nice rides. It’s still marginal, but it’s the best the whole 16 days has to offer. Crowds are *sometimes* an issue here, so you might have a few others out.

The honest truth is, you’re looking at a 16-day window with no real standouts. For the first few days it’s a total write-off, then we go through a stretch of tiny, wind-affected dross from the 4th to the 8th. The only real positive window appears on the 16th, and that’s a full two weeks away, so keep an eye on it but don’t book the day off yet. It tends not to stay poor for that long here, so things could change.

Rusty.

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