Takanabe Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Takanabe's got cooking over the next couple of weeks.

First up, the water's sitting at a warm 83°F, which is pretty much spot on for this time of year, nothing unusual there.

The good news is we've got a run of clean, glassy mornings to kick things off. This Saturday the 15th, Sunday the 16th, and Monday the 17th all start with a light offshore flow and some small, user-friendly swell. We're looking at waves around 3ft to 3ft from the east, with a period of 10 seconds—that's a nice little groundswell pulse. The combined energy is moderate. These mornings are your go-to for a fun, uncrowded session on the beach break. The afternoons, however, are a write-off with onshore breezes chopping things up.

That clean spell gets blown out by Tuesday the 18th, and after that, things go pretty flat and messy until the end of the week. We've got a string of days with poor conditions and tricky cross-shore or cross-onshore winds, so you can safely make other plans from midday Tuesday through to Friday the 21st.

Now, Friday the 21st does see a jump in size—7ft from the SSE with a solid 11-second period and the combined energy kicks right up. That's a moderate-to-strong pulse. The problem is the wind is still a messy cross-shore and there's a risk of thunderstorms, so the quality is marginal at best. It's a bit of a tease.

The real standout, the one to circle on your calendar, comes on Monday the 24th and Tuesday the 25th. A very long-period groundswell arrives from the ESE, cranking up to 10ft by Tuesday with a period of 16 seconds. The combined wave energy goes ballistic. The wind is cross-onshore, which is a bit of a bummer, but the forecast notes the swell might actually be too big for this exposed beach break. At 10ft with that kind of period, this is strictly for expert surfers only. The sets will be far apart, making it easier to paddle out, but the wave faces will be meaty. If you're not a strong surfer, just watch this one from the sand.

The size holds through Wednesday the 26th, but the direction shifts more southerly and the period drops a touch. Come Thursday the 27th it's still solid at 8ft from the east, with a 13-second period, but conditions remain marginal with cross-winds.

The last couple of days of the month taper off quickly. By Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th, we're back down to small, wind-affected dribble. All in all, don't hold your breath for the end of August.

So Takanabe? A few clean, small windows early on, and a monster pulse for the experts later. Make the most of those glassy mornings this weekend.

Rusty.

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