Redcar Scars Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright mate, Rusty here, and I’ve got the full 16-day picture for Redcar Scars.

First off, let me be straight with you – this is a tough run. The whole 16-day window looks pretty flat and for the most part, the surf is just not there. We’ve got a solid gap right at the start with nothing rideable, and really, it’s a long stretch of small, messy, or just plain weak waves. Water temp is sitting around 60°F with a normal anomaly for this time of year, so nothing wild there.

The only break on the cards is Redcar Scars itself, a reef setup that’s inconsistent and only really works for beginners. It’s fairly exposed to swell, but the direction it wants is NNE, and we just don’t get that in any meaningful way. The combined swell energy through the whole period is weak – we’re looking at values mostly under 100 (38, 31, 112, 94, 115, 75, 54, 24, 16, 8, 10, 31, 65, 39, 24, 14, 13, 22, 21, 10, 24, 16, 15, 15, 18, 26, 18, 6, 31, 136, 100) – that’s all weak to very weak, with only a couple of moderate spikes that still don’t deliver quality.

Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th of August are just poor – small, choppy, cross-on wind, and the swell is under 4 ft. Periods are short, around 4 to 6 seconds. Not worth getting wet.

Thursday the 27th is more of the same – small, cross-on, and the swell energy is still weak. We get a bit of a reprieve on Friday the 28th with offshore wind from the SW, but the swell is tiny – 3 ft max – and the period is still short. Clean, but barely a ripple.

Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th are a bit cleaner, but the swell drops right off – 2 ft or less. It’s flat, mate. Monday the 31st has a bit more wind but still tiny waves.

Come September, the first week is a write-off. Offshore winds on the 1st and 2nd, but the swell is pathetic – 2 ft or less. The combined energy is in the tens. It’s clean but not surfable.

The second week doesn’t get much better. A few offshore days, but the swell stays under 2 ft. The most promising day is Wednesday the 9th of September, when we see a 3 ft swell from the north with a 8-second period and the combined energy hits 136 – that’s the highest we see. But it’s still small, and the wind is cross-off. It’s the best of a bad bunch, but I’d call it a maybe for a beginner looking for a splash.

Honestly, this is a blank run. The spot is inconsistent and rarely breaks, and the numbers just don’t stack up. If you’re desperate for a paddle, you might get a clean but tiny wave on a few mornings, but don’t expect any real surf. The setup here, with small swell and strong wind at times, looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Rusty.

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