Nuns Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve gotta be straight with you – for the next two weeks, Nuns Beach is pretty much a write-off for any proper surfing. We’re looking at a long, flat stretch with nothing worth paddling out for. The whole run from now through to the end of the forecast is one big gap in decent surf. It’s a tough one for this area.

Let’s start from the beginning. Sunday morning, September 6th, we’ve got a tiny 0.7ft swell rolling in from the east with a weak period of 7 seconds. The combined energy is only 8, so there’s almost nothing there. Winds are light and cross-off, so it’s clean, but you’d be on a foam board just bobbing around. That’s it for the day. Monday is more of the same – 1ft east-northeast swell with a 7-second period, and a light cross breeze. Still tiny, still flat. The energy is still next to nothing (26). Tuesday morning cleans up with a light offshore from the north-west, but the swell drops right back to 0.7ft. You could call it glassy, but there’s no wave to surf.

Wednesday the 9th sees a little bump, but it’s all messy. A south-southwest wind picks up to 12 mph, and the swell is a short-period 2ft from the south-southwest, only 3 seconds. It’s cross-shore chop, and it’s not rideable. Thursday is stronger wind again, 16–19 mph from the south-west and south, with a 3ft swell but a short 6-second period. The energy creeps to 71, but it’s lumpy and cross-onshore – not fun. Friday the 11th gives us a brief clean moment with a gentle offshore from the west-northwest, but again, we're talking 1ft at best. The wave state is clean, but there’s no push.

Saturday and Sunday, the 12th and 13th, are onshore drivel – 0.7ft to 1ft from the south-east, with light onshore winds. The water temp is average for this time of year, nothing unusual. The combined energy barely gets past 39. It’s a lake.

Now, moving into the second week, things get a bit more active, but not in a good way. Monday the 14th through Wednesday the 16th, we start seeing swell heights up to 4ft, but the period is a terrible 5–6 seconds. The wind is on it, mostly cross-onshore at 12–19 mph, and the wave state is described as choppy or lumpy. The energy gets up to 97 on the Tuesday morning, but that’s all close-out chop. Even the rare clean spells are on tiny swell. By Thursday the 17th, we’ve got moderate cross-shore wind and a 4ft south-east swell, but again, it's pollution.

The one real standout in terms of size comes on Saturday, September 19th. We see a 6ft swell from the east, with a 9-second period. That’s the biggest of the whole forecast. The combined energy hits 794 – that’s moderate to strong wave energy, no doubt. But look at the wind: 19 mph from the east-northeast, cross-shore and lumpy. The wind description says ‘fresh cross-shore with lumpy cross-chop’. It’s going to be a mess. For a sandbar at Nuns Beach, that size and wind mean it’s only for experienced surfers who don’t mind a fight, and honestly, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The swell direction is east, but the optimum for this break is south-east – so it’s not even hitting right.

After that, the 20th and 21st drop back to 3ft to 2ft, still onshore. The whole period is a bust. There’s no day with a combination of good swell, clean wind, and decent quality. It’s a long blank run, and for this area, that’s pretty normal when the forecasts line up like this. Keep an eye on the charts, though – it tends not to stay this poor forever.

Rusty.

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