Sandy Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be honest, the next couple of weeks at Sandy Beach are looking like a scratchy, frustrating stretch. We’ve got a solid run of cross-shore and onshore winds that are going to chop up whatever comes through. For the first week, from the 8th through the 14th, there’s surf, but it’s messy. Chest to head-high waves, but with a fresh cross-breeze on ’em, it’s gonna be lumpy and hard to find a clean line. The energy is moderate, running from a few hundred up into the low thousands, but there’s no shape to it. Water temp is 80°, which is pretty normal for this time of year.

Now, here’s the one that gets your heart racing. The 15th of August. A big, powerful east swell is forecast, and the wind actually eases a bit. The energy readings are huge, over 40000. That’s some serious, serious power. But here’s the problem: size. By Saturday afternoon, that swell is predicted to be at 33 feet. That is way, way too big for Sandy Beach. It’s a beach and reef setup, and at that size, it’s just going to be a full-on maelstrom. The wind might be favorable, but the swell is too big for this break. It’s a real shame, because it would be epic if it was half that size.

Right after that, the swell drops, but the wind stays on it. From the 16th to the 18th, we’re back to cross-shore breezes with a dropping swell, so it stays messy. There’s some long-period south groundswell, but it’s coming through a cross-breeze, so it won’t be clean.

The 19th gives us a small break. For one morning, we get a gentle breeze from the southeast, which is onshore but light. The swell is small, around 4 feet from the east-northeast with a short 7-second period. It’s not going to be great, but it might clean up the surface a touch. That’s about the best we can say for it.

The rest of the run into the 23rd is more of the same – moderate cross-shore winds and weak, grovelly surf. The energy is weak to moderate, and it’s not looking like it’ll turn on.

So, plain and simple, there’s not a single day in this whole 16-day window that I’d be waxing up for with excitement. The closest we get to something interesting is that 15th, but it’s just too big. For the rest, you’re fighting the wind more than you’re riding waves. If the wind ever lays down, it could turn on, but as it stands, we’re in a waiting game.

Rusty out.

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