St Agnes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what St Agnes has in store for us over the next couple of weeks.

To be brutally honest, this is a tough stretch. The next 16 days are looking pretty grim for St Agnes, with a whole lot of poor surf conditions and no real standouts at all. We’ve got a solid gap right from the start, with nothing worth paddling out for until we get into the second week.

The only flicker of something surfable comes on the morning of Wednesday the 12th. We’ve got a clean 3 ft wave from the west, with a period of 10 seconds, and the combined swell energy is moderate at 127. The water is sitting at 66°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. The wind is an east-southeast cross-offshore breeze at 12 mph, which is keeping things clean. It’s surfable, but the conditions are very ordinary. It’s a 'meh' kind of day. The afternoon sees a little more size at 3 ft from the west, with a gentle 9 mph offshore from the south-southeast making it clean, but it’s still nothing to write home about. Honestly, it’s barely a session.

After that, it’s a long dry spell. We’re looking at days of onshore, cross-onshore, and strong winds, with the swell staying small and messy. Thursday the 13th is a write-off with onshore winds, and it just keeps going. The swell never really gets above 5 ft, and when it does on Tuesday the 18th, it’s with a fresh cross-onshore wind that’s going to make it a lumpy, choppy mess. That stretch of poor conditions runs right through until the 21st.

We do get a brief window of offshore winds on Friday the 21st of August, with the southeast wind blowing at 19 mph, but the swell is tiny at 2 ft. The energy is weak (84). It’s clean, but you’ll be scratching for scraps. The afternoon gets even stronger at 25 mph offshore, making it clean but very hard to paddle into. Not a real goer.

The rest of the forecast is more of the same: small, messy, and onshore or cross-onshore. There’s a final flash on the morning of Wednesday the 26th, with a 2 ft west swell and a 16 mph offshore from the south-southeast, giving clean conditions. But again, the energy is weak (85), and it’s still just "surfable but very ordinary."

For a spot that’s fairly exposed and fairly consistent, this is a real bummer. It’s one of those stretches where the forecasts can change, but right now, there’s no good reason to get excited. If you’re a kite surfer, some of those windy afternoons with cross-onshore winds might look interesting, but for a paddle surfer, I’d give it a miss.

Rusty.

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