Surfers Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, it’s Rusty here, and let me tell you, we've got a wild ride ahead on the 16-day forecast for Surfers Point.

The window starts with a bang this Thursday, August 13th. The ocean is absolutely pumping, with a massive 15ft SW groundswell and a very long 16-second period. The energy readings are insane, like 9419. It’s a proper beast, and with the early bird session under crystal-clear skies and glassy, offshore WNW wind at 3 mph, it’s going to be perfect and powerful. The water is running noticeably warmer than usual for this time of year, a solid 4°F above normal, so you might not need the thickest rubber. This is a top-tier, expert-only day. The wave faces will be demanding, so bring your “A” game and a bigger board. The morning is the clear standout; it’ll be firing.

Friday morning is still very good, with 12ft of SW swell and a lighter cross-off breeze that’ll keep things pretty clean. The energy is still strong, and it’ll be a solid, powerful day for the crew who knows the reef. The afternoon gets a bit more crossed and the quality drops a touch.

The weekend gets a bit messier. Saturday, August 15th has some size but a cross-shore wind that’ll put some chop on it. It's not a day for perfection. Sunday is similar, with a bump in wind and the swell mixing around.

Okay, here’s where it gets interesting. Monday, August 17th is a complete no-go. The wind is howling onshore at 28 mph, and it’s going to be a washing machine out there. You’d be mad to paddle out.

But hold on to your leashes, because the sun comes back out on Tuesday, August 18th morning. The swell is still huge, coming in at a solid 16ft from the WSW with a beefy 16-second period. It’s back to being an exceptional day with light offshore winds, and the energy is off the charts at 12840. This is another reminder that Surfers Point is a world-class, expert reef break. It’s going to be a wild, serious session, but truly world-class if you can handle it.

The following period is a story of two halves. Wednesday and Thursday, August 19th and 20th, are blown out with strong onshore winds and rain. Forget it. Then we get a run of days, from Friday, August 21st through to the 23rd, that are just messy. There’s plenty of swell, 13-15ft, but the wind is constantly cross-onshore or onshore, making it choppy and ugly. Not worth the risk on that reef, in my book.

We get a small window of cleaner conditions on the 24th, but the swell is down to a fun 12ft and the wind is light. It’s a marginal day, better than nothing, but not a headline act. Tuesday, the 25th, sees the swell pulse back up to 15ft, and the winds are lighter again. It’s a promising day, the energy is back up around 9161, but the onshore component keeps it from being top-tier.

Looking into the second week of the forecast, things get more unpredictable. Around Wednesday, August 26th, it’s a smaller 8ft day with glassy conditions, which could offer some fun, less heavy sets for a breather. Thursday, the 27th, you can see a faint light at the end of the tunnel—a morning lull with 4ft of that long 18-second period. It’s clean, but small.

Then the long-range maps show another big pulse of energy hitting overnight into Friday, August 28th. The finder data heads off the charts with the biggest energy reading of the whole period at 21665, with a predicted 20ft swell. But here’s the catch—this is the kind of swell that pushes the limits of even this exposed reef, and the wind is forecast to be onshore. The comments even suggest it might just be too big for the break. That day is for experts only, and even then, it’s risky. This is a promising but still uncertain event that’s over a week out.

Overall, the two standout sessions are clearly Thursday morning, August 13th, and Tuesday morning, August 18th. Both have huge, long-period southwest swell and favorable, clean winds. That’s where you want to be. The period from the 19th to the 23rd looks like a write-off, so don’t plan your week around it.

This is Rusty, keeping it real. Stay safe out there.

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