Number Fours Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, surfers. Rusty here with a look at the next couple of weeks at Number Fours.

Straight up, I’m not gonna lie to you – this is a tough run. The forecast is littered with marginal surf or poor conditions, so there’s no standout classic session on the horizon. The water’s sitting at 27°, which is bang on average for this time of year, so no complaints there.

The whole first week is a bit of a write-off. Wednesday the 26th kicks off with small 2ft SSW swell and a fresh 35 km/h cross-off breeze, but the energy’s just not there with a combined energy reading of 578. It’s clean, but the scores are terrible. That pattern sticks around through Thursday and Friday – the swell nudges up to 4ft on Thursday morning with a 17-second period (long period groundswell mind you), but again, the zone is getting hammered by a fresh breeze, and the forecast says it’s marginal. Saturday the 29th is a mess – 6ft of short-period ENE windswell (7 seconds) with a combined energy of 568, but it’s coming in with strong winds and rated poor. Not the day to paddle out.

Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st are more of the same: 5ft to 6ft of short-period junk, clean but poor. The only flicker of improvement comes on Tuesday the 1st of September. The morning shows 5ft of ENE swell with a period of 9 seconds and a moderate breeze, and the combined energy jumps to 754. It’s still marginal, but the score is a 2, which is the best we’ve seen. Still, I wouldn’t call it a standout.

The second week stays pretty average. Wednesday the 2nd and Thursday the 3rd deliver consistent 5ft to 6ft ENE swell, clean with moderate to fresh breezes, but the quality is always described as marginal. The best chance might be Friday the 5th of September. The morning shows 4ft of east swell at 11 seconds, a gentle east breeze giving a clean cross-shore, and a combined energy of 575. That’s about as good as it gets in this forecast – clean, modest, but not small. Still, it’s a marginal call.

The very end of the run, around the 7th of September, sees a south-southwest swell of 3ft with a very long 16-second period and a combined energy of 1174 on Monday morning – that’s a serious energy spike. But the wind is a fresh 30 km/h cross-off, and the forecast still says marginal. A long-period groundswell like that can make a reef break like Number Fours shine, but it’s a gamble with the wind.

Honestly, this is a stretch where you’d be better off watching the horizon and waiting for a change. The pattern is weak and inconsistent, and the forecasts can shift, but right now, there’s no real stand-out day. If you’re desperate, the 5th of September morning is your best bet.

Rusty.

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