Plentzia Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let's break it down in the old system.

Right off the bat, don't get your hopes up too high for the next few days. We've got a bit of a slow start. The water temperature's sitting at a warm 74.5°, which is a good few degrees warmer than normal for this time of year at Plentzia – a nice bonus for your wetsuit.

The first real glimmer of hope comes early on Saturday the 29th. Early morning, the wind goes glassy, and we're looking at a solid 5ft of NW swell with moderate energy (397). It's not going to be a world-beater, but it'll be clean and surfable. That's the best on offer for the opening weekend.

Sunday the 30th is where we start to get a bit of a run. Another glassy morning, which is a major positive. The swell holds at 5ft from the NW, and the period stretches to 10 seconds, bumping the energy up to a decent 478. This is the pick of the first week. It's clean, it's got some push, and it'll be fun on the banks.

We then roll into a few days of that same waist-to-chest high NW swell. Monday and Tuesday mornings are clean, with glassy or light offshore breezes, but the energy starts to taper off from that Sunday peak. It's ordinary but surfable.

Now, there's a lull from Wednesday the 2nd all the way through to Thursday the 3rd – the swell just drops right out, with wave heights barely reaching 2ft. You'll be sitting on your board doing nothing.

Things perk up again from Friday the 4th. It starts small in the morning with a very long period 16-second groundswell, but that low height means you'll need a log. The afternoon shows the energy picking up. But the real standout is Saturday the 5th. We’re looking at a 4ft NW swell early, with offshore wind and a period of 12 seconds, packing some serious punch (energy of 674). That's proper groundswell, shaping up nicely. By the afternoon it's 5ft with 13-second periods (energy of 783). This is the best window of the whole outlook, but keep in mind it's over a week away and things can change.

Sunday the 6th morning looks good too, with another glassy session on a 4.5ft, 12-second swell (energy of 578). But the afternoon gets ruined by onshore wind.

After that, the second week looks messy, with a lot of onshore wind and dropping swell. There's a bump of energy around the 11th of September, but that onshore wind from the WNW at 15 mph will chop it all up. Not worth getting excited about.

So to wrap it up: your two best shots are definitely Sunday the 30th for a clean, fun session, and then the big promise for Saturday the 5th of September, which could be the best of the bunch if the forecast holds. Get out there.

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