Nuns Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's face it, this outlook is a tough one to write. We're looking at a 16-day window for the region, and to be blunt, it's a flat spell. There are no good surf options on offer. The first record kicks off on Monday, August 3rd, and straight away we see waves that are small and a mess. The whole period is filled with "poor surf conditions" and scores that tell the same story. It's the kind of dry run that can happen here, so don't lose hope – forecasts can always change.

Let's start with Monday the 3rd. We've got a sloppy 5ft swell from the SSE, with a short 8-second period, which gives us a weak wave energy (250). The wind is howling out of the SSW at 12 mph, cross-on and choppy. It's just not inviting. Tuesday the 4th is even worse, with the swell dropping to 2ft and the same onshore wind. This pattern of weak, short-period swell and rubbish cross-onshore wind sticks around for the first week. The combined energy rarely gets above three digits, and when it does, like at 102 on Wednesday afternoon, the wind is still ruining it.

We get a few windows of cleaner conditions, like on Saturday the 8th morning with a light cross-offshore breeze from the WSW, but the swell is a pathetic 2ft. Same story on Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 12th – the wind goes light offshore, but with swell heights barely reaching 2ft and energy numbers in the teens and twenties, you're better off doing something else. The second week is more of the same: tiny waves, mostly from the S or SSE, and the wind is either onshore or direction that doesn't help. Even Friday the 14th picks up a little to 3ft from the S, but it's still a short 6-second period and onshore wind.

Look, the standout moment, if you can call it that, is Saturday the 15th. We have a breeze from the WSW at 19 mph which gives us a cross-offshore wind, keeping the surface clean. The swell is small, only 3ft from the SSE, and the period is short at 7 seconds (66 combined energy). It's a clean but tiny wave. For beginners at Nuns Beach – a fairly consistent sandbar that's best with wind from the NW – this is probably the only window where the conditions aren't actively working against you. But don't get your hopes up.

This run ends on Tuesday the 18th with a tiny 2ft SSW swell and light onshore wind. It's a long, flat, and frustrating outlook. The setup looks more interesting for a session on a kite than a paddle board right now.

Rusty.

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