Nuns Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here.

Honestly, the next couple of weeks are a bit of a bummer for us at Nuns Beach. The forecast is full of small, messy lumps with hardly any push behind them. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing worthwhile on the cards, so you might want to sort out the shed or fix that leaky roof before you even think about waxing up.

The first surf recommendation is over a week away, so we’re looking at a solid gap of flat, poor conditions through to the middle of next week. The swell energy is weak, bouncing around in the teens and thirties mostly, and the period is short – nothing with any grunt. The wind is mostly cross or cross-onshore, kicking up a chop and ruining any chance of a clean face. It’s a proper write-off.

Now, looking ahead to the 16th of August, there’s a slight pulse of east swell showing up, but even then, it’s still pretty weak. The energy picks up a touch, but the period is still short, and the wind is all over the shop. The morning of the 16th has a light cross-shore with the swell at 4ft, but it’s still listed as poor. The 17th and 18th see the energy climb into the hundreds, which is more like it, but the wind is onshore and the wave comment is still poor. It’s the kind of junky, onshore slop that’ll have you checking your watch more than the horizon.

The best of a bad bunch looks like the morning of the 19th of August. We’ve got glassy conditions, a light offshore, and the swell, while only 2ft, has a slightly better period of 8 seconds. The energy is still weak, but with the glassy surface, it might just be rideable on a longboard. It’s a far cry from firing, but it’s the cleanest window we’ve got. The swell is straight from the east, so it’s lining up okay, but with that tiny size, don’t expect much.

I’ll be honest, this is a tough stretch. We’ve got a lot of small, weak swell with junk wind. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing to write home about. Keep the hopes low, and if the 19th morning delivers a glassy, clean surface on a longboard, call it a win. Otherwise, this is a blank run that’s pretty normal for this stretch.

Rusty.

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