Rossbeigh Strand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let's get into it for the Rossbeigh Strand, the only game in town this period.

Right off the bat, we're looking at a pretty flat and messy start. The first few days are a write-off, with onshore winds and poor conditions. There’s no surf to get excited about until we get to Saturday the 5th. Then we've got a decent window, but it's a mixed bag of a forecast overall.

The standout is Saturday the 5th. On Saturday morning we’ll see a 7ft swell from the WNW, with a nice 10-second period pushing a combined wave energy of 1054 (moderate energy) into the beach. The wind is a light breeze from the SSE, which is cross-offshore. That means clean, lined-up waves. It settles a touch by the afternoon, dropping to 5ft, still with clean conditions, making this the pick of the whole outlook. This is the time to be out.

Now, the rest of the week is a story of building, then closing out. Sunday the 6th starts tiny at 3ft before a messy, choppy afternoon kicks in. Monday the 7th gets wild and big – we’re talking 12ft to 13ft in the morning with a powerful 25 mph onshore wind by the afternoon. Combined energy hits 2866 (strong). That is big, blown-out, dangerous stuff for the beach break. Not for the faint-hearted. This trend of big, raw, onshore swell continues through Tuesday the 8th, with a massive 13ft swell at a very long 13 seconds on Tuesday afternoon and a combined energy of 5268 (very strong). That is an absolute beast – one for the big wave chargers only, if anyone can get out.

There’s a bit of hope on Wednesday the 9th of September. We’re looking at a 7ft WNW swell with light cross-onshore winds, but it’s only rated as marginal. The swell is dropping drastically after that, with nearly nothing on the charts for the rest of that week and into the next.

For the second week, things go quiet. The next real chance is Monday the 14th of September. It’s a reviver: a 4ft WNW groundswell with an 11-second period. The wind goes glassy, dead calm from the WNW in the morning and from the N in the afternoon. This will be clean, small, with a combined wave energy of 578 (moderate). Not a barnstormer, but a long-period swell like that should hold up better at this beach than a shorter period one. It's a nice little window if you’re keen for a cruise.

The water temp is sitting around 63°F, and it’s running about 3°F warmer than normal for this time of year, so a touch warmer than you might expect.

Other than that Saturday morning session and that Monday in the second week, it’s largely a period of waiting for the big stuff to pass and the little stuff to show up.

Rusty, out.

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