Saltwater Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board, let’s have a look at what’s on offer for our patch over these next 16 days. The outlook is a mixed bag, with a couple of nice little windows of clean, fun waves, but also some long quiet spells and a few periods where conditions get messy.

The first real action kicks off on Saturday morning the 29th of August. Saltwater is your spot. It’s a point break, fairly consistent, with a SE optimum. We’ve got a clean 4ft swell from the SSE, with a 10-second period and a moderate wave energy (328). The wind is a light cross-off, so it’s looking clean. This is a great option for anyone, especially beginners, as the size is manageable. Saturday afternoon sees the swell bump to 5ft and the energy pick up (479), but the wind swings more onshore, making it a bit messier.

Sunday the 30th is a real treat. The morning brings offshore wind and a clean 3ft SSE swell (403 energy). It’ll be just about perfect out there. The afternoon lightens up, but the cross-shore wind starts to ruffle the surface. Monday the 31st is another top pick. The morning is glassy with some cloud cover, a clean 4ft south swell (406 energy). It’s going to be smooth and fun.

Things start to fade from Tuesday the 1st of September. The swell drops off and the wind turns onshore, making conditions poor. We go into a proper flat spell from Wednesday the 2nd through to Saturday the 5th. The swell is tiny, under 2ft, with very low energy. There’s a real gap here with nothing to recommend.

A tiny, weak pulse shows up on Sunday the 6th of September – a glassy morning with a 2ft, 12-second swell (133 energy). It's surfable but very ordinary. The gap then continues. Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th bring some messy, short-period NE windswell with poor winds.

Now, the standout window of the whole forecast hits on Wednesday the 9th of September. A solid pulse of south swell arrives, hitting 7ft on the morning (906 energy) with a clean offshore wind. This is big for most, over the 5ft mark, so it’s for experienced surfers only. The swell direction matches the spot's optimum. Afternoon is a bit cleaner but still good. Thursday the 10th of September morning follows up with glassy, clean 5ft surf (423 energy), a fine consolation prize.

After that, it’s back to a slow, inconsistent run through to the end of the outlook. Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th have some longer-period, energy-filled swells (12-16 seconds, 400+ energy), but they are hammered by strong onshore winds, making them unsurfable. The very long period on the Friday morning (16 seconds) would need a point break like this one to work, but the onshore wind ruins it. The rest of the run is small and weak.

To sum it up: lock in Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st of August for the clean, fun beginner-friendly waves. For the more experienced crew, Wednesday the 9th of September is the big, powerful standout – it’s the best swell of the period, just know it’s a big day. The water temperature is sitting at 66°F, which is pretty average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Rusty.

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