Spooners Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – this next couple of weeks is a real test of patience. The charts are looking pretty bleak for any decent waves, so don't be in a rush to grab your board.

The first few days are a write-off. Starting Sunday the 2nd, we've got a messy 5ft WNW swell at Spooners Cove, but it's blown out by a 12 mph onshore wind. The water's sitting at 59° which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year. Not worth paddling out.

Monday the 3rd through to Saturday the 8th is a real dry spell. The swell drops right off, never getting above 4ft and mostly smaller. The wind is almost always cross-onshore or onshore, so the surface is chopped up. The wave energy is weak to moderate at best. You're looking at a solid week of nothing doing.

Now, early on Sunday the 9th of August, there's a tiny glimmer. The morning shows a 4ft WNW swell, and crucially, the wind goes light and cross-offshore from the South. That's clean. The energy is moderate and the period is a solid 11 seconds. It's the only session in the whole run that gets a "good surf conditions" tag. It's not a classic, but for a spot that's fairly consistent, it's the best on offer. If you're very keen, that's your window. But the afternoon goes back to onshore crud.

After that, we're back into the doldrums. From Monday the 10th all the way through to the end of the forecast on the 17th, there's barely a sniff. The swell is tiny, mostly under 3ft, and the wind is almost always onshore or cross-onshore. There's a little blip of long-period energy on the 13th, 14th, and 16th, with periods of 14 to 18 seconds and some moderate energy readings, but the swell heights are just too small to make anything of it. The wind is onshore, so it's a complete pass.

Honestly, this is a tough one. If you absolutely have to get wet, put all your eggs in that Sunday morning, August 9th, basket. Otherwise, find something else to do.

Rusty.

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