St Agnes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. I’ve looked at the charts for the next couple of weeks, and I’ve got to be honest, it’s a bit of a rough stretch. We’ve got a real run of onshore and cross-onshore winds messing up just about everything that rolls through, so we’re not going to be seeing any classic days. The main issue is that we have swell, but the local winds are just tearing it to pieces.

We’re starting off with a little bit of energy in the water. This Saturday morning, there’s about 3ft of west swell with a short, weak 8-second period. The energy is only moderate at 115. But the north wind is blowing at 16 mph, cross-onshore, making it choppy and pretty much a mush burger. It’s a write-off. The afternoon doesn't get any better, with the wind picking up to 19 mph and the surf still poor.

The weekend carries on in the same vein. Sunday’s swell drops right off. The morning has only 1ft on offer, and a northerly wind is blowing straight onshore. There’s really nothing to get excited about, and the energy is weak. We're looking at knee-high slop.

Monday sees a little bounce in the swell, coming up to around 3ft, but the period remains short and weak. The wind is still cross-onshore, which just puts a cap on it. The wave energy is moderate, but it’s messy. Not a day for the log.

Tuesday, we get a bit of a cross-shore wind, and the swell is still in the 3-3ft range, but it’s cross-shore with a cross-chop. It's still poor. There’s light rain, too, which doesn't help the mood.

Now, we get a bit of a swell pulse mid-week. Wednesday morning sees 4ft of WNW swell, but the energy is ramping up to 321. The problem remains the wind—it’s cross-onshore at 16-19 mph, keeping it choppy.

Thursday is the biggest swell of the period. We’re looking at 6ft of WNW groundswell in the morning with a 9-second period, and the energy is strong, hitting 537. The afternoon gets to 6ft with 560. But again, the west-northwest wind is cross-onshore, blowing at 16-19 mph. It's going to be lumpy, wind-blown, and pretty challenging. The size is there, but it just isn't going to be clean. This is definitely a day for the experts only; the conditions are going to be rough.

Friday, the swell is still up there, 5ft in the morning, but the north-northwest wind is onshore and strengthening. The afternoon drops a bit to 4ft but the wind is even stronger. It’s all just blown out.

After that, we head into a bit of a lull. Next Saturday morning is tiny, around 2ft, with an easterly breeze. The afternoon is almost flat, 0.7ft from the SW with a 15-second period. We’ll see a couple of clean, tiny lines, but it's definitely not worth a paddle.

The following Sunday and Monday get even smaller, with occasional, weak, small groundswell. We're talking 0.7ft to 3ft. The wind is all over the place, from easterly to strong north. It’s a flat and messy spell.

Things start to wake up again around Tuesday the 25th. We get a pulse of north swell, 4ft, but it’s onshore wind again. This is more of the same story.

The end of the period, from the 28th onward, shows some promise with lighter winds and some clean cross-offshore mornings at St Agnes. There are a few small, clean waves, 1-2ft, but nothing with any size or power. It's still only really knee to waist high and, honestly, with such small surf and light winds, this is more of a skimboard or kite session than a surf. The waves and wind may be more interesting for the kites out there than for a board.

So, there it is. There’s no point in sugar-coating it. Not a single standout day in the whole run. We just have to wear it and wait for the wind gods to sort things out. The water temperature is running a touch warmer than usual, about 3°F above normal, which will feel nice if you do go in. But right now, I’d give this one a miss.

Keep the faith, check back later, and we’ll see if anything changes. This is Rusty, signing off.

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