Royal Palms State Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's have a look at what's on the menu for the local stretch.

To be straight with you, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty lean for Royal Palms State Beach. This is a sheltered reef and point setup that's best on a solid SW swell, and we're just not seeing that combo come together in a meaningful way. There's a long stretch of weak, onshore-affected surf starting from now, with a few small windows of hope way out there.

The water temperature is sitting about average for this time of year.

For the first week, from Wednesday the 26th of August right through to the end of the month, it's basically a washout. Swell heights are tiny, between 1 ft and 3 ft, and the wind is consistently cross or cross-onshore, making for choppy, bumpy conditions. The energy is weak, with readings in the 100s and low 400s (combined energy of all swells directed here) – just not enough grunt to get the bank working. There's a brief flicker on Saturday the 29th with a "marginal" tag, but it's still cross-onshore, so it's not worth paddling out for.

The first week of September doesn't look much better. Monday the 31st, Tuesday the 1st, and Wednesday the 2nd are all poor, with the same small swell and unfriendly winds. The highlight of the entire outlook, and the only time I'd recommend wetting a line, is early on Thursday the 3rd of September. The morning session shows a 3 ft SSW swell, with a period of 15 seconds and moderate energy (540). The kicker is the wind: glassy. Absolute zero wind. That's the one window where the break will be clean and the sets will have some shape. It's a beginner-friendly spot when it's small, and this is it. The same afternoon, the wind swings onshore and it's back to choppy poor conditions.

After that, we're back into a long, dry spell. Friday the 4th through to the end of the 16-day window on Thursday the 10th of September is another stretch of poor to terrible surf. The swell stays small, the wind is consistently cross-onshore or onshore, and the energy dips back into the 100s to 400s. This spot is known for being inconsistent, so this run of flat, choppy days isn't a massive surprise. For anyone looking at this, it's more of a kite-surfing setup with the constant cross-wind than a paddle-surfing destination right now.

So, to wrap it up: the only real standout is the glassy morning of Thursday the 3rd of September. Mark it on your calendar, but don't hold your breath for the rest of the fortnight.

Rusty.

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