Sandy Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. I've been watching the charts for Sandy Beach and I've got to level with you—it's a dry spell. There's a big, empty gap in the forecast before anything remotely surfable shows.

We start Monday, August 31st with a messy 7ft easterly swell, but it's short-period junk (7 seconds) and the wind is a stiff cross-shore out of the ENE at 22 mph. It's all chop and lump. That poor surf carries on for days. Tuesday the 1st and Wednesday the 2nd are more of the same: lumpy cross-chop with 6ft to 6ft of short-period slop.

Thursday the 3rd gets nasty. The swell jumps to 8ft, but the wind strengthens to a strong 28 mph cross-shore. Total washing machine. Friday the 4th is even bigger—10ft—with the same strong cross-wind. Honestly, this looks more like a kitesurfing setup than a paddle surfing one. The water temp is 80°, right about average for now.

The first real change comes Saturday, September 5th. We've got an 8ft swell from the ENE with a period stretching to 13 seconds—that's a proper groundswell. Swell energy is very strong. But the wind is still a fresh cross-shore, so it's lumpy. The conditions are marginal. The swell is over 8ft, so this is strictly for experts, and with that long period at a beach break like Sandy's, it'll be big and closing out. The wind stays cross-shore through Sunday the 6th.

Now, Monday the 7th of September is a tease. We're looking at a huge 10ft to 12ft ENE groundswell with a 12-13 second period and massive energy. The Monday afternoon forecast shows the wind turning cross-offshore out of the NNE, which would make it *clean*. But the file says it's simply too big for this break. Huge, powerful, expert-only territory. Tuesday the 8th is even bigger at 13ft, but it's cross-shore and then cross-onshore with a thunderstorm risk—a total no-go.

After that, it fades. From Wednesday the 9th through the end of the 16-day window, we're back to small, weak, short-period ENE swell in the 5ft to 7ft range. The wind is still cross or cross-onshore most days. The one tiny bright spot is Monday the 14th of September: the swell is a modest 6ft, but the wind goes glassy out of the NE with light airs. It could be a small, clean window for a longboard, but it's still marginal.

So, the honest truth: there is no standout. The whole 16-day run is a write-off. The only break is Sandy Beach, and it's a consistent spot but it gets hammered by wind or blown out by size for nearly the whole forecast. It tends not to stay poor for long here, but this is a rough stretch.

Take a break. The ocean will sort itself out.

- Rusty

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