Spanish Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a proper surf. We’ve got a whole lot of small, short-period slop and bump on the way, and not a single day that’s gonna have you calling in sick. The first bit of anything that even looks like a wave doesn’t show up until Sunday morning, and even then, it’s barely a ripple. So, we’re looking at a real dry spell for the first few days.

Sunday, August 2nd – We finally see a little pulse, but it’s weak. Swell is a tiny 1ft at 10 seconds from the WSW, with weak energy (37). The wind is offshore from the E though, so at least it’ll be clean. It’s surfable but very ordinary. The afternoon picks up a touch to 2ft at 10 seconds, but the wind swings cross-offshore, and it’s still just weak energy (105). Not worth getting excited about.

Monday, August 3rd – Morning is more of the same: 2ft at 9 seconds from the SW, light offshore ESE wind, clean but weak (67). The afternoon gets a bit of rain and the wind goes cross-off, dropping the swell back to 2ft. Still poor.

For the rest of that first week, it’s a wasteland. Swell stays under 1ft, with onshore and cross-shore winds chopping up what little there is. There’s a brief bit of long-period energy (11 seconds) on Wednesday the 5th, but it’s only 0.7ft and the wind is howling cross-shore, so it’s completely useless.

The following week has a similar story. We see a small bump on Sunday the 9th, with 1ft in the morning and 2ft in the afternoon from the WNW, but the winds are cross-shore and the energy is still weak (83). Monday the 10th is clean in the morning with a cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is still only 2ft at 9 seconds. Nothing to write home about.

Now, look toward Thursday, August 13th. That’s the one day that might have a little something. The morning swell pushes up to 4ft from the SW at 8 seconds, with moderate energy (151). It’s a bit short-period, so it won’t have much punch, and the wind is cross-shore. The afternoon builds slightly to 4ft at 8 seconds with a bit more energy (165), but the wind turns cross-onshore and it’ll get choppy. It’s the biggest surf we see, but the quality is gonna be poor. This isn’t for beginners at that size, and the short period will make it sectiony.

The last day of the window, Saturday, August 15th, sees the swell jump to 4ft at a junky 6-7 seconds, with moderate to strong energy (176). The morning wind is a cross-onshore mess, and the afternoon is just as bad. It’s biggest surf of the run, but it’s gonna be a lumpy, onshore mess. Honestly, at this size and with that wind, you’d be better off with a kite than a surfboard at Spanish Point.

The water’s a touch warmer than normal for this time of year at 62°, which is a small comfort, but that’s about all we got. It’s a bleak outlook, but it tends not to stay this poor for long. Forecasts change, so keep an eye on it.

Rusty

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