Stent Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Rusty here.

Well, it’s a bit of a tough start for us at Stent Road. The next couple of days are looking pretty ordinary with messy conditions, so there’s a gap before we get anything clean. We’ll have to wait it out a little, but there is some promise in the back half of the window.

First up, Thursday afternoon (the 27th) is your best early look. The swell will be around 7 ft from the WSW with a period of 12 seconds, and combined energy sits at a moderate 1157. We are seeing a small window of moderate cross-offshore breezes that will clean things up nicely. Water temp here at Stent Road is about average for the time of year at 57°F, so a decent winter wetsuit is the call.

Saturday morning (the 29th) is a marginal option only. Swell drops a bit to 7 ft from the WSW but the wind will be cross-onshore and light, which may keep it a bit bumpy and unruly.

Other than that, the next week is mostly a write-off with poor surf conditions and strong onshores. There is some serious size building, but it’s coming with messy winds. From the 31st of August into early September, swells are running 10 to 16 ft but with fresh onshores and heavy chop. At that size and with that wind, this reef and point setup is more in the realm of big-wave experts or possibly kite surfing than friendly paddle surfing.

A genuine standout arrives on Tuesday the 8th of September. This is the best-looking window in the whole forecast. Swell building to a solid 16 to 23 ft, but it will be from the WSW to W, which is well within Stent Road’s optimum SW range. The winds are moderate and cross-onshore. The forecast is calling for “wind and tide favorable, but the swell is predicted to be too big for this break” – and at 23 ft, that’s a serious day for experts only. Combined energy is off the charts at 22265. It’s a long-range call, so treat it as promising but keep a close watch on the models.

The following Wednesday (the 9th) and Thursday (the 10th) also hold potential: swells around 15 to 20 ft from the W and WSW, with moderate winds. Thursday afternoon sees a monster period of 19 seconds, delivering very long groundswell, though again, 18 ft is expert territory. On a reef and point setup like this, long-period swell should wrap in nicely, but the size will be the limiting factor.

So in short: it’s a slow start, but the second week, particularly from the 8th to the 10th of September, offers some serious, heavy, expert-only surf at Stent Road. If that’s your game, keep an eye on it. Otherwise, it might be a good time to check the wax supply.

Rusty out.

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