Nuns Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s not beat around the bush – the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and uninspiring for Nuns Beach. It’s a long stretch of tiny, weak waves with no real push. We’ve got a tough spell on our hands, and for the first week or so, it’s going to be a real struggle to find anything rideable.

The water’s sitting at a warm 77° on Friday morning, which is a touch warmer than average for this time of year. Pleasant, for sure, but the energy in the water is just not there. The combined swell energy is stuck in the weak zone, with values mostly in the low teens and twenties, and even the best day barely cracks 70. That tells you everything you need to know: we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Looking at the start, Friday the 21st is a total write-off. You’ve got a tiny 0.2m ESE swell with a short period, and light cross-offshore winds in the morning, but the energy is a measly 14. It’s just not worth the effort. The afternoon doesn’t get any better with a cross-on breeze and even less hope.

The weekend isn't much better. Saturday the 22nd is small, onshore, and messy. Sunday the 23rd has a small W cross-off, but the swell is even smaller, with a period of 5 seconds in the morning, which is just wind chop. Forget it.

Monday the 24th might be the best of a bad bunch early on. The morning is glassy, with a light WNW wind, and a 0.2m ESE groundswell at 12 seconds. It’s clean, but it’s tiny. The energy is still weak at 22, but that glassy surface is a big plus. It’s a longboard or a foamie kind of day, if you’re desperate.

The middle of the week brings a little more size but not a lot of quality. Tuesday the 25th has a 0.3m swell with a NW offshore, but it’s still small. Wednesday the 26th is glassy again in the morning with a 0.3m SE swell, but the afternoon turns onshore and choppy.

Towards the end of the first week and into the second, things pick up slightly but stay marginal. The 29th and 30th see some S/SE swell around 0.5m, with clean mornings and offshore winds. The energy starts to climb into the 30s and 40s, which is still weak, but a bit more than we’ve seen. By the 2nd of September, there’s a glimmer with a 0.4-0.6m swell, and the afternoon of the 2nd has a 0.6m NE swell and a NW offshore wind. It’s still not big, but it’s the most promising period in the whole run. Finally, on the 5th of September, we get some glassy conditions with a 0.6m S swell and an energy reading in the 20s. It’s small, but it’ll be clean and might have a little shape.

Overall, don’t get your hopes up. This is a long, flat patch. If you’re a beginner, none of this is too big to handle, but there’s just not enough power to push you around. For the experts, it’s a board-choosing session, not a wave-riding one. There’s nothing here that’s going to get your heart racing. The swell direction is mostly from the SE, which is not what this break really wants, and the periods are often short. This is a time to check your gear, do some repairs, and wait for the ocean to wake up. Forecasts can change, but we’d be fooling ourselves to expect any kind of heroics out there right now.

Stay patient.

Rusty.

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