Pringle Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get into it. Rusty here with the long-range surf outlook.

It’s a real waiting game over the next sixteen days. We’ve got a lot of swell on the horizon, but the wind is going to be the deciding factor, and it’s gonna be a battle for the first week or so. Gotta be patient and pick your moments.

We kick things off this Saturday afternoon (15 August) with the first real window. Pringle Bay is showing 7ft of WSW swell with a 13-second period, and the wind is glassy. The water is 58°, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year. It’s a gentle start, but hold on, because the next couple days are a write-off. Sunday and Monday get blown out with strong onshores, making for poor, choppy conditions.

The cleanup begins on Tuesday morning (18 August). The wind swings offshore, and we’ve got a solid 8ft SW swell. This is where it starts to get fun. The energy is building. Then Wednesday and Thursday mornings (19 & 20 August) look prime with light offshore breezes and clean 8-8ft surf. Thursday afternoon gets a bit bigger, pushing 10ft with a moderate offshore wind – that’s excellent for the experienced crew, but too much for beginners.

Then we hit a lull. Friday (21 August) is still okay, but the wind goes cross-shore and it’s less defined. The weekend, the 22nd and 23rd, gets messy again before the wind swings around.

Now, here’s the standout of the entire period. Circle Monday, the 24th of August. Pringle Bay is looking at a solid 10ft SW groundswell with a 16-second period and light offshore winds in the morning. The wave energy is strong. This is the one. It’s a powerful, clean swell, but with that size and period, it’s experts-only. The point will be handling it beautifully. The following Tuesday morning (25 August) pulls back a notch with 7ft and glassy conditions, a great follow-up.

The final stretch gets a bit sketchy again with onshores on the 26th. There’s a window on Thursday the 27th with clean 7ft surf in the morning, but the afternoon brings a bigger, longer-period swell (8ft at 17 seconds) that gets crossed up. Then Friday the 28th is blown out with big, messy waves. The period ends on a high note though, with a clean, offshore 8ft WSW swell on Saturday the 29th, perfect for the experienced surfers.

So, the first week is about being patient, the 24th is the one to circle, and the tail-end has some solid potential. With that long-period groundswell, the point at Pringle Bay is your best bet for a clean, rippable wave.

Rusty, out.

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