Plentzia Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the outlook for the next two weeks is a real tough one for our shore. The wave window is almost completely shut, with a huge gap of poor conditions stretching from now right through to the middle of the next week. We’re talking about over a week of nothing worth paddling out for.

The first whiff of anything decent comes right at the very end of the forecast. Up until then, it’s all small, weak, and choppy. The water is currently sitting at a very warm 75°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, so the wetsuit might be a little light, but that’s about the only positive.

Let’s look at the only spot we have on the cards: Plentzia. It’s a sheltered, beginner-friendly spot, but it’s a rare breaker. It’s not going to be worth even looking at until the 16th of August, and even then it’s just a tiny 3 ft NW swell with glassy conditions on Sunday morning. That’s “surfable but very ordinary.” The energy is weak at 94 (combined energy of all swells directed here). Not a stand-out, just a glimmer.

The period from the 07th to the 15th is a complete write-off. Winds are all over the place – cross, onshore, cross-onshore – and the swell is tiny, rarely breaking 2 ft. The energy readings are mostly in the double digits, confirming there’s just no push.

Now, hold on to your board. The one true standout in this whole 16-day window is Friday morning, the 21st of August. The overnight conditions look promising. We’ll see a nice pulse of 6 ft swell from the NW, with a period of 9 seconds. The wind is forecast to be glassy – dead calm from the north – which will make for absolutely clean, lined-up waves. The combined energy jumps to 421 (combined energy of all swells directed here), which is a strong, solid push. This is big enough to be a bit much for beginners, but for the rest of you, this is the morning to circle on the calendar. The afternoon on the 21st drops off a bit with a cross-offshore wind, but the morning session is the golden ticket.

After that, the 22nd sees the swell drop back to 4 ft, but with a cross-onshore wind, so it’ll be choppy and messy.

So to sum it up: a brutal start, a long dry spell, and one very promising, glassy morning on the 21st of August. Get ready for that one.

Rusty.

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