Silver Strand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me tell ya, it’s Rusty here, and I’ve been staring at the charts for Silver Strand. Honestly, mate, it’s a tough stretch ahead. The whole 16-day window is a bit of a flat spell, so don’t expect much to get excited about.

Right off the bat, the first thing you’ll notice is there’s no real surf on offer to start. For a solid stretch of days, we’re looking at mostly poor surf conditions. The water temperature is a real standout though – at 71°F, that’s a massive 7°F warmer than usual for this time of year. So the water’s gonna feel like a bath, but unfortunately that’s where the good news ends.

The first time we see anything even barely worth a mention is Tuesday morning, the 15th of September. Even then, it’s only a 2ft swell from the west with a period of 9 seconds, and the energy’s weak at 128. The wind is cross-offshore from the SSE at 15 mph, so it’ll be clean, but these are just surfable waves with very ordinary conditions. Nothing to write home about.

The setup here is a sandbar break, and it’s fairly consistent, but this run is just flat. The swell direction that would work best here is west-northwest, but we’re seeing mostly southwest and west swells that are small and weak. The swell sizes never really push past 3ft, and while there is a little bump on the 13th and 14th of September with a 3ft west swell, the period is a short 9-10 seconds and the winds are onshore or cross-onshore, so it’s just messy.

Later on, things don’t improve. Around the 19th and 20th of September, we see the combined energy jump up a bit – 240 and 290 respectively – but it’s all onshore winds and still poor conditions. That’s the strongest the energy gets, but it’s wasted. Really, the whole window is a write-off. If you’re a regular, you know these flat spells happen. Best to pull the board out, give it a wax, and wait for the next system to roll through.

Rusty.

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