Pelican Watch Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for the next stretch.

Honestly, mate, I'm looking at this and it's a pretty grim run. The surf is going to be small and weak for the vast majority of the 16-day window. We've got a long gap of flat, poor conditions right through the end of August and into the first week of September. There's really nothing to get excited about until the very end of the period.

The only real standout—and I'm using that term loosely—is a brief window on Wednesday, September 2nd. The morning is your best bet. We'll have a clean, light offshore wind from the WSW blowing at 10 km/h, which is a major positive for the surface. The swell is tiny, though, only 2 ft from the SE. The period is moderate at 12 seconds, and the combined energy is a weak 127. It's a beginner-level wave at best. For a bit of context, the water temperature is about average for this time of year.

If you're a pure beginner, Pelican Watch is the only spot on the cards. The optimum swell direction is SE, which is what we're getting. The spot is fairly consistent, but for this outlook, it's mostly too small to bother. You might get a few knee-high lumps on the 2nd morning, but it's going to be a messy, weak affair. The wind is light and offshore, so it will be clean, but there's just no power.

For the rest of the run, it's a write-off. We have days of poor surf conditions with combined energy readings often below 50 (like 20 on the 21st or 26 on the 22nd). The wind is mostly cross or cross-offshore, which isn't ideal, but even when it's clean, the swell is non-existent. There's a brief spike in energy on the afternoon of Monday, August 31st (113) and Tuesday, September 1st (141), but the data still calls it poor surf conditions. The long-period swell (18 seconds on the 31st) might offer some deep-water energy, but it's just too small to translate into anything rideable at the beach.

Later in the first week of September, we see a few more "surfable" moments, but again, with heights under 3 ft, it's just not worth the paddle.

So, the short version: keep your board in the car. The best of a bad bunch is the morning of Wednesday, September 2nd, for absolute beginners only. Otherwise, it's a long wait for any real swell.

Rusty.

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