Pea Break Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get into it. We’ve got a run of solid, powerful swell heading our way, but it’s not going to be easy to get clean ones. The water is sitting at 66°F, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, so the board shorts are feeling good.

The standout, without a doubt, is the period kicking off on the morning of Friday, August 21st. Pea Break is going to be cranking. We’re talking 12 ft of groundswell, a proper SW direction, with that period stretching out to 14 seconds. But the magic is the wind: a clean, light ESE offshore breeze. That’s the recipe for perfection. The combined energy is massive at 4862, so there’s plenty of grunt. This is for advanced surfers only—it’s a powerful, long-period reef break, so you need to know what you're doing. Keep in mind, these long-period swells can sometimes break a bit straight on beach breaks, but out here at Pea Break it should hold its shape. The crowds are *sometimes* there, so you might have some company, but the quality will be worth it. The whole weekend stays pretty clean with cross-offshore winds.

Now, the big dog arrives on Wednesday, August 26th. The swell jumps to a ridiculous 18 ft with a period of 19 seconds—that’s a very long period groundswell. The energy reading is an enormous 18892, that's serious power. The wind is a cross-offshore, so the lines will be clean, but this is a giant. This is strictly for the experts; if the swell is over 8 ft it’s experts only, and this is double that. Conditions will be clean, but the size is intimidating. This should be considered a promising, less certain call given it is further out, but the numbers are eye-watering.

After that, we get a dose of reality. The winds turn onshore and messy from the 25th of August, washing out a lot of the quality. Late August and into September sees a lot of wind, making Pea Break pretty unsurfable. There’s a gap of clean, surfable days there. We do get another window on Friday, August 28th with a morning offshore wind and a 10 ft swell, but the energy is half of what it was, and the consistency will have dropped off by then.

To be honest, outside of that magical Friday the 21st and the monster Wednesday the 26th, the rest of the window is a fight against the wind. The swell sticks around, but onshore winds will turn it into a mess, maybe even better for kite surfing than paddling. Hang tight for Friday the 21st—that’s the sleeper hit.

Rusty.

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