Oceanic Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming our way at Oceanic Pier.

Right from the get-go, it’s a tough outlook. The next week and a half is a real struggle to find anything worth paddling out for. The first decent chance doesn't show up until the morning of Wednesday, 2nd September, and even then it’s nothing to write home about.

We’re looking at a long stretch where the swell is tiny and the conditions are mostly poor. From now through to Tuesday morning, 1st September, it’s all less than 3 ft of weak, short-period swell coming from the SE and ESE mostly. The wind is a problem too – mostly cross-on or cross-off, with a few glassy moments on the 30th and 31st of August and the 1st of September mornings. Even with those glassy patches, the swell is just too small and weak to make anything rideable. The combined swell energy is well under 100 (mostly in the 20s and 30s) – that's weak, weak stuff.

The first flicker of hope comes on Wednesday morning, the 2nd of September. It’s still only 2 ft of SE swell, a 9-second period, but the wind is light and cross-off from the SSW. The conditions will be clean, and the combined energy nudges up to 75 – still weak but finally in the "maybe you can get a wave" territory. It’s ordinary, but it’s the best we’ve seen.

Thursday morning, 3rd of September, is pretty similar. 2 ft of SE swell at 10 seconds, with a light cross-off from the SSW and clean conditions. The energy is 80. It’s still small, but those clean morning windows are your only real shot. Afternoon winds swing onshore and chop it up.

The standout across the whole period – and I use that term loosely – is the morning of Sunday, 6th September. We see a bump in swell size to 3 ft, with a long period of 6 seconds from the E. The combined energy hits 82, which is the highest we see. Wind is light cross-off from the SSW, so conditions will be clean. It’s still a shallow beach break, and that longer period will make it a bit straight, but for this stretch of poor surf, it's the closest we get to a proper session. This is the best on offer. The water temp is about 83° on the 25th of August, with a tiny anomaly of 0.2°, so it’s about average for the time of year – warm enough for boardshorts, mate.

Honestly, after that, it drops back into the doldrums. The rest of the forecast fades into small, weak, choppy conditions with nothing to recommend. There’s a long gap of almost no decent surf, so don't hold your breath. Things can change, but right now, it’s a quiet period for the Pier.

Rusty.

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