Smugglers Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s run through what’s on the table at Smugglers Cove over the next couple weeks.

Bottom line: this ain’t a goldmine for paddle surfing. Mostly tiny, weak swell with short-period windswell that can’t find its rhythm. The water’s sittin’ at 54° right now – that’s a wild 5° colder than it should be this time of year. Gonna feel like a winter holdover, so bring the thick rubber.

The first possible wave shows up Thursday the 13th afternoon – about 3ft of windswell from the NW at a crappy 7 seconds. That’s just slop. Winds are cross-shore and light, but it’s barely above flat.

Friday the 14th morning looks a little better. Offshore wind from the W at 3 mph and a 3ft swell from the WNW. The direction’s perfect – clean glass off the beach – but that 7-second period keeps it crumbly and quick. It’s marginal at best.

The rest of the first week is a whole lot of nothin’. Saturday the 15th has a 2ft W swell with a 10 second period and clean offshore wind – you might catch a couple knee-high peelers if you’re patient. Then we slide back into SW groundswell around 1ft to 2ft with long 15-18 second intervals – proper deep ocean swell, but just not enough size to do anythin’ with. Energy sticks in the moderate zone, around 255 on Monday mornin’.

Into the second week, the swell tries to pick up. Wednesday the 19th afternoon we’re lookin’ at about 3ft from the WNW and energy pushin’ 371 – but it’s messy, with NNW cross-shore wind at 12 mph. That pattern holds for days: swell hovers between 3ft and 3ft, short 9-12 second periods, mostly cross to cross-off winds from the N or NNW.

Best moment? Probably Friday the 21st afternoon. Swell still 3ft from the WNW, 10 second period, but the wind switches to cross-offshore from the NNW at 16 mph keepin’ the face clean. It’s the best wind of the whole run – energy’s solid at 256. Not a classic day, but the cleanest of a messy bunch.

After that, swell climbs to around 4ft from the WNW with period droppin’ to 7-8 seconds – that’s all windswell. By Wednesday the 26th arvo, the wind’s howlin’ cross-offshore from the N at 19 mph. For kites it might be epic, but for regular surfing it’s just a windblown paddle. Not worth it.

No real standout day, but if you’re desperate, Friday the 21st afternoon has the best combo of clean wind and reasonable swell. The rest of the 16 days? Just a whole lot of waitin’.

That’s the call from Smugglers Cove. Keep your eyes on the charts.

Rusty

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