Spot x Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board. Let’s talk about Spot X (reef).

We've got some serious ocean energy heading our way, but the wind gods are being real troublemakers for a good stretch. This isn’t an easy surf forecast to love.

The first big pulse rolls in for Monday the 24th of August with a 10-foot swell pounding in from the WSW, period of 13 seconds and combined energy off the charts at 2820. That’s a powerful start. But the wind is a cross NW breeze, so the morning will look crumbly and chopped. Not your cleanest ride. That wave energy stays massive through the week – we see combined energy readings jumping into the 14,000 range on Wednesday the 26th. That’s enormous. But the onshore wind just won’t quit. By Wednesday morning, with a 16-foot swell and a S cross-on breeze at 25 km/h, this reef is going to feel more like a washing machine than a surfing wave. Unless you’re towing in, this is a skip. That big South wind just messes it all up.

Thursday the 27th keeps the bad pattern going: 13-foot swell, fresh S wind. Still messy. The water is sitting at a touch warmer than normal for the time of year, which is a small blessing if you’re just floating out the back, but not much else.

It isn’t until Saturday morning, the 29th of August, that we get a real moment. The swell drops to 4 feet, but it’s a long-period groundswell at 19 seconds from the SW. The real standout is the wind: a clean, gentle offshore from the ENE at 15 km/h. The energy is still good at 2760, and the conditions will be glassy. That’s your window. It’s a smaller day for experienced surfers – the break isn’t closing out with all that ocean energy, and you’ll get those beautiful long, steep walls from that 19-second period. The swell direction is right out of the optimum WSW window for this spot too. Just keep an eye out – the crowds are only listed as *sometimes* here, but when conditions line up like this, they’ll be there.

Sunday the 30th stays rideable, with a 10-foot swell from the west, moderate NNE offshore winds keeping the face clean, but that massive energy from earlier has settled.

The second week? It’s a write-off for quality. Starting from the 1st of September, we’re looking at strong onshores again, and by the 2nd we have another 16-foot lump coming in with an 11-second period. That’s windslop on a bad day. From then on it’s all onshore winds and blown-out conditions.

Let me lay your best bet down: Saturday morning, August 29. The swell is smaller at 4 feet, but with a clean offshore, a 19-second period, and the right WSW direction hitting this spot’s optimum, it’s the purest wave of the whole outlook. Everything else is too windswept for paddle surfing. If wind is your thing, those massive midweek days look sick for a kite.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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