Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. We’ve got a single reef break on the menu for the next 16 days, and I gotta be honest with you – it’s a tough stretch. The water’s sitting at 68°F at the start, which is about average for this time of year, so nothing weird going on there.

The first real chance to get wet comes on Friday the 4th. It’s not much to write home about, but we’ll take it. Morning has a small 2ft swell from the WNW with a short 8-second period, and a light cross-offshore breeze. The energy is weak (75), so you’ll be working for every wave, but it’s clean. By Friday afternoon, the wind goes glassy – totally flat surface – and the swell holds at 2ft. It’s surfable, but only just. This is a reef break for advanced surfers, and the conditions are calling it “very ordinary,” so don’t expect much.

Saturday the 5th looks a touch better in the morning. Swell bumps up to 3ft from the WNW, period stretches to 9 seconds, and the energy is moderate now (112). A light cross-offshore breeze keeps it clean. This is probably the best we’ll see in the first week. Afternoon goes downhill fast with a cross-onshore wind messing things up.

From Sunday the 6th onward, it’s a brutal run. The swell picks up to 4ft and even 5ft on Monday the 7th, with moderate to strong energy (496–725), but the wind is howling from the north at 16–19 mph, cross-shore all the way. The water is lumpy, bumpy, and just plain ugly. This is not for paddle surfing – this setup is more interesting for kite surfing than anything on a surfboard. The break is completely exposed, and we’re getting hit with a messy cross-chop. Score after score is zero. It stays like this day after day, with only a few tiny windows of glassy conditions that have almost no swell.

We finally get a break on Friday the 18th of September. Morning shows a glassy surface, a 2ft swell from the NW with a 12-second period, and moderate energy (116). It’s clean, but that’s about it. The swell is small, and consistency is “fairly consistent” here, so you might get a few. After that, the last couple of days in the window are tiny or blown out.

The standout? Honestly, nothing is a true standout. If I had to pick one, it’s Saturday morning the 5th. Swell is 3ft from the WNW, 9-second period, wind is light cross-off, energy is moderate (112). It’s the cleanest, most surfable moment in the whole forecast. The rest is a waiting game. Crowds are “often” at this reef, so if you do go, you won’t be alone. But with conditions this poor, maybe folks will stay home.

Rusty.

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