Spew Pits Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. I’ve been staring at the charts for a while now, and to be honest, this is one of those stretches where you’ll want to keep your expectations in check. Spew Pits is the only game in town, and it’s a real challenge, but the first solid swell doesn’t show up until Monday the 24th. There’s a pretty grim gap from now through Sunday the 23rd with flat to weak, messy conditions that aren’t worth paddling out for.

So, your first real chance comes Monday morning, August 24th. The wind is a moderate breeze from the NNE, but it’s cross-offshore, which will keep the surface clean. We’re looking at a moderate 6ft swell from the NNW, with a period of 12 seconds—that’s good, solid groundswell energy. The combined energy reading is strong at 1111, so there’s plenty of push. It’s fat and powerful, but at 6ft, this is expert territory only. That’s the standout session of the whole run.

After Monday, the swell drops a bit, and the wind swings to a stronger, more direct cross-shore, which will chop it up. The rest of that week into the start of September is mostly marked as poor surf, with moderate to fresh breezes and a lot of NNE wind that, while cross-off, is just too strong, blowing at 18–25 mph. The swell sticks around 5ft to 6ft, but the period drops to 7–8 seconds, so it’s short-period and won’t line up well on this reef.

About that first day I mentioned: the water temp is not flagged as unusual, so it’s about average for late August—nothing to write home about.

Come Sunday, August 30th, we get another pulse of NW swell. By Monday the 31st, there’s a 6ft NNW swell at 10 seconds, again with a clean cross-off setup, but the energy is moderate (582) and the quality is only marginal. It’s a decent option if you’re desperate, but it’s nothing like that Monday the 24th.

Into the second week, the first week of September, the pattern is much the same. Strong NNE winds, 18–22 mph, cross-off but relentless. The swell stays in the 4ft to 6ft range with periods between 7 and 11 seconds. The combined energy values are moderate to strong, but the persistent strong winds keep the surf quality poor or marginal. There is a window on September 5th and 6th with a 4ft NNW swell at 11 seconds and a solid 613 energy value, but again, those winds are a problem, making it less appealing.

Spew Pits is a consistent reef that is strictly for experts. It is exposed to the swell, so it catches anything from the north. This setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing given the persistent strong cross-off winds throughout the forecast.

Stay on it, and wait for that Monday.

Rusty.

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