Salamumu Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for Salamumu over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, mate, it’s a pretty grim stretch. This is a reef break that’s exposed to the swell and needs the wind to cooperate, but for the entire 16-day window, we’re looking at a constant run of cross, cross-onshore, and bloody strong winds. There’s not a single standout day where the conditions come together for a proper paddle session.

The first real surf we see kicks off on the 26th of August, Wednesday afternoon. There’s some swell, about 6ft coming from the SSE with a short period of 8 seconds, and the combined energy is moderate (722). But the wind is a fresh 35 km/h from the SE, cross-onshore, and it’s lumpy – poor surf conditions. That’s the story for the whole run.

We go through a rough patch of strong cross-shore winds from the 28th to the 31st of August, with winds screaming at 40 km/h straight out of the ESE. The swell sticks around between 2ft and 6ft, but it’s messy, chopped up, and just not worth paddling out in. There’s a brief period of long-period swell on the 29th (19 seconds, 2ft from the S), but with that wind, it’s still a write-off.

Into September, it doesn’t get any better. We’ve got a long gap of consistently poor conditions from the 1st through to the 10th. The swell size pops up again on the 3rd and 4th of September with 5ft from the S, and the combined energy gets strong (1628 on the 3rd), but every single session is plagued by fresh to strong cross-onshore or cross winds. There’s no calm morning, no clean face.

The water temperature is sitting at 81°, which is about average for this time of year – nothing unusual there.

In short, there’s just no window where the wind and swell line up for a decent session at Salamumu. The setup might be more interesting for kite surfing with all this strong cross-shore wind, but for a paddle surfer? Not this time.

Rusty.

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