South Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's talk about what's on offer for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you. The first recommendation we get isn't until Friday, August 14th. So we've got a solid week of nothing worthwhile to sit through. From Saturday the 8th right through to Thursday the 13th, it's a write-off. The wind is either howling cross-shore or cross-off, and the wave quality is just rubbish. Small, short-period windswell with a messy chop on it. You'd be fighting a losing battle out there.

The first real chance to get wet comes on Friday, August 14th at South Point. Now, this is a reef break, and it's a beginner-friendly spot, but this day is for experts only. The swell is going to absolutely crank up. We're looking at a solid 10 ft of swell from the east-northeast, blowing up into a 15 ft pulse by the afternoon. That's a massive amount of energy. The period is long, too, jumping from 11 to 12 seconds, which gives it real groundswell grunt. The wind is a stiff cross-off at 25 mph, which will keep the surface clean, but the size is the story here. The forecast notes say it's too big for this break, and they're right. This is not a day for a beginner on a foamie. This is a big-wave day if you're a charger and know the reef. The water temp is about 84°, which is pretty normal for the time of year, so a shorty is fine.

Saturday the 15th gets messy. The swell drops to 8 ft, but the wind goes straight cross-shore, and the comment is "strong cross-shore with messy cross-chop." That's a hard pass. Sunday the 16th is a little better. The morning is clean with cross-off wind and 6 ft, but the afternoon sees a groundswell pulse of 8 ft with a 13-second period, giving it a lot of energy. The comment calls it "marginal," so it's a gamble. That long period groundswell might break a bit straight at a beach, but on a reef like South Point, it could line up nicely if the tide is right. It's a maybe.

The rest of the run from Monday the 17th onward just fades out. The swell drops, the wind stays onshore or cross-shore, and the comments are all "poor surf conditions." There's nothing to get excited about.

So, to be honest, the only standout here is Friday, August 14th at South Point, but it's a big, powerful, expert-only day. If you're not ready for that, you're looking at a long wait for the next decent window.

Stay patient, crew.

Rusty.

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