Saaga Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get this straight. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a decent paddle. I’ve scanned the horizon for Saaga, and I’ve got to be honest with you, there’s not a whole lot to get excited about for a while.

The first real chance of anything rideable doesn’t show up until Sunday the 30th. Before that, it’s a wasteland of strong, messy cross-onshore winds and lumpy surf. The energy in the water is there, but it’s all over the place. We’re looking at a solid stretch of poor conditions from the 22nd right through to the 29th, with moderate to strong wave energy (900 to 2000) and winds howling from the southeast at 19 to 25 mph, chopping everything up. For a reef break like Saaga, that’s just ugly.

Now, that Sunday the 30th offers a tiny glimmer. The wind swings around to a cross-offshore breeze, which will clean things up significantly. The swell drops to a manageable 4ft to 4ft, coming from the south with a nice, long 17 to 18-second period. That’s some proper groundswell energy (over 1700) and it’s going to have some push. It’s a marginal call, and I wouldn’t be frothing, but it’s the best thing on the board for a while. The water is a warm 81°, which is about normal for this time of year.

Monday the 31st keeps that cleaner cross-off wind, but the swell gets a bit jumbled, mixing in some easterly energy, and the period drops to 10 seconds. It’s still rideable, but not as good as the day before.

The start of September is more of the same story. The wind goes back onshore or cross-shore, and we get a run of poor, lumpy conditions through the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of September. There’s plenty of swell, but it’s messy with it.

Then, on Saturday the 5th of September, there’s another flicker of hope. The morning shows a cleaner, cross-offshore wind again, with a 4ft south swell and a long 17-second period (1660 energy). It’s over a week away, so don’t book the day off work yet, but it’s showing promise as another clean, rideable window. The afternoon looks like it gets a bit chopped again, so the morning would be the call.

So, to sum it up: the standout is the morning of Sunday the 30th of August, with the morning of Saturday the 5th of September as a promising backup. Everything else is a write-off.

Rusty.

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