Spanish House Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, I'm Rusty, and I'm gonna be straight with you—this stretch of coast is looking pretty flat and uninspiring for the next couple of weeks. We've got Spanish House (United States) as the only break on the radar, and it's a beginner sandbar that's inconsistent, so it's a tough watch.

The water's sitting at a warm 85°, which is right on the money for this time of year—nothing unusual there.

For the first week, from Wednesday the 19th of August right through to the end of the month, it's basically a write-off. The swell is tiny, rarely pushing past 1 ft, and the energy is weak (combined swell energy values are mostly in the teens or low 30s). There's a long gap here with no real surf to get excited about. The only flicker of life comes on the morning of Friday the 28th of August, when we get a little 1.0 ft swell from the ESE with a period of 12 seconds, and the combined energy nudges up to 57. The wind is light and cross-offshore, so it's clean, but it's still very ordinary—surfable but nothing to write home about. The morning of Saturday the 29th of August is similar, with 2 ft swell from the E and a period of 10 seconds, energy at 49, and clean conditions. The morning of Sunday the 30th of August brings a glassy 2 ft E swell, period of 9 seconds, energy at 65, but again, it's just surfable, not good.

Heading into the second week, we start to see a bit more energy but still not much quality. Monday the 31st of August morning has a 3 ft NE swell with a short period of 6 seconds, energy at 118 (moderate), but it's cross-onshore and choppy—poor conditions. Tuesday the 1st of September morning sees a 1 ft E swell with a long period of 13 seconds, energy at 128, but it's cross-onshore with wind ripples, so not clean. The standout in this whole sorry stretch is probably the morning of Wednesday the 2nd of September: glassy conditions, 2 ft E swell with a period of 11 seconds, energy at 114. It's clean, but still only surfable, not great. The morning of Thursday the 3rd of September is glassy again with a 2 ft E swell, period of 10 seconds, energy at 101—again, surfable but ordinary.

Look, if you're a beginner and just want to get wet, you might find something tiny and clean on those glassy mornings, but there's nothing here that's going to get the heart pumping. The swell is too small, the period is short more often than not, and the winds are often onshore or cross-onshore. For anyone else, it's a case of watching the forecast and hoping something changes. With the break being inconsistent, a blank run like this is not unusual for the area.

Stay patient, and keep an eye on the charts.

Rusty

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