Panoramas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer over the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a slow start, so don’t be in a rush.

We’re looking at a long stretch of small, average to poor conditions here at Panoramas, with a lot of onshore or cross-onshore breezes messing things up. The water temp is sitting at 70° which is pretty much dead average for this time of year, nothing wild there.

The first real faint glimmer comes on the morning of Thursday the 3rd of September. The wind drops to glassy, and we’ve got a little 2ft swell from the NW with a period of 9 seconds. The energy is weak (59), so it’s not going to blow your socks off, but it’ll be clean and surfable. Very ordinary conditions, but glassy wind is a major positive for getting a few little runners in.

Then we skip through a bunch of days with poor surf and dirty wind until we hit the morning of Monday the 8th of September. That’s an interesting one. The wind is glassy again, and the swell is small at 2ft, but it’s from the WNW with a period stretching to 11 seconds. That’s a longer period groundswell, and the energy bumps up to a moderate 155. It’s surfable, but a long period like that at a beach-and-reef setup can make it break a bit straight. Still, clean waves are better than no waves.

The real standout, if you can wait for it, is the morning of Tuesday the 15th of September. We’ve got a 3ft swell from the WNW with a lovely 12-second period. The energy is strong at 242. The wind is glassy, so it’s going to be clean. This is by far the best looking session on the whole run. The swell direction is a good match for the optimum NW, and it’s small enough for intermediates but has enough period to shape up nicely. Just be aware that the week before is a total write-off, so you’ve got a long gap of poor surf to sit through.

The morning of Wednesday the 17th of September is also worth a mention, with glassy wind and a 2ft, 12-second period NW swell, but the energy is a bit lower at 101. It’s a decent option if you missed the 15th.

Overall, it’s a pretty flat and choppy outlook for most of the 16 days. The 15th of September morning is the clear winner. The rest is mostly small, messy, and not worth rushing out for.

Rusty.

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