Pelican Watch Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks at Pelican Watch. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a flat spell and honestly, for a good long while, there’s just nothing doing. We’re looking at a big gap of days where the surf is flat to tiny and messy, with the first real chance of a wave not showing up until Tuesday the 18th of August. Don’t get your hopes up, though.

The overall pattern is one of very small swell. For the first few days, we’re talking ankle-snappers at best. Saturday the 15th, we’ve got a super weak 0.7ft ESE windswell with an 8-second period – barely a ripple. The combined energy is just a paltry 15, and with morning glass you might see a tiny wobble, but it’s a no-go. That theme sticks around until Monday the 17th, with onshore winds making it even more of a write-off.

Now, Tuesday the 18th is where we get a little pulse. The morning shows 1.3ft from the SE with a period stretching out to 9 seconds. The combined energy ticks up to 56 (weak, but the best we’ll see for a while). The key here is the wind: glassy from the ENE. This is the standout moment. That light, clean morning window on the 18th will give you the best look at what’s on offer – small, clean, workable longboard waves. Beginners could handle it easy. But it’s tiny, so don’t drive too far.

After that morning, it fades back into the ordinary. The afternoon on the 18th gets a little more size at 2ft and a longer 11-second period, but the wind goes cross-onshore and it gets messy. From there, we slide through a bunch of days with similar tiny surf – 1.3ft to 2.3ft, periods jumping around from 5 to 12 seconds, signal energy mostly in the weak 20–60 range. There’s no real build-up or quality. The wind is often cross-offshore or clean, but the swell just isn’t there to make it worthwhile.

In the second week, the story doesn’t change. We get a few mornings with glassy or offshore winds – like the 23rd and 26th of August – but they’re on tiny, weak swell. There’s a bit more energy on the 27th and 28th, with combined energy climbing to 69 and 84 (still moderate), but the wind is onshore and choppy, so it’s not surfable. Through to the end of the month, it’s just small, onshore slop.

So, the only true standout is that Tuesday the 18th of August morning. For a beginner on a foamy or a longboard gliding on tiny waves, it’s your best shot. For anyone else, it’s a waiting game. The water temp is sitting at a warm 82.2°, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year.

Stay tuned – forecasts can change, and it never stays this flat forever.

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