Taylors Mistake Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks. I’ll be honest, it’s a bit of a tough stretch ahead. We’re looking at a long, quiet run with very little to get excited about. The first real sniff of anything surfable doesn’t even show up until the final days of the month, and even then it’s nothing to write home about.

For Taylors Mistake, the pattern is clear: small, weak, and mostly messy. The water’s sitting at 51° here, which is a touch warmer than we’d usually expect for this time of year, so you’ll be comfortable in a spring suit.

Starting off Thursday the 27th, it’s a non-starter. We’ve got a tiny 1 ft swell from the SSE with a 17-second period – that’s groundswell, but it’s so small and the easterly wind is blowing 16 mph onshore, making it a complete write-off. The energy is weak (129). Friday the 28th sees a bump in height to 5 ft from the ENE, but the period is a short 8 seconds and it’s cross-onshore and choppy. The afternoon cleans up a bit with a cross-off breeze, but the 4 ft is still from a short-period swell (219). Forget it.

Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th are tiny – under 2 ft – with very weak energy (53 and 25). The wind is okay, but there’s no real wave to ride. The whole thing just fizzles out.

We then hit a massive gap of nearly a week with nothing. The next time we see anything with a score of 1 out of 10 is on Monday the 31st of August. It’s a tiny 1.0 ft SSE swell with a 12-second period, and the wind is light offshore from the west at 3 mph. The energy is still very weak (54), and it’s described as “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” That’s the best we get for a while.

From there, it’s more of the same. Tuesday the 1st of September to Thursday the 3rd is all tiny, weak, and cross-onshore. Friday the 4th of September is glassy in the morning, but the swell is a pathetic 0.3 ft with energy of just 2 – it’s basically a lake.

We get a bit of a blip on Saturday the 5th of September. A 5 ft swell from the NNE shows up, but the period is a short 5 seconds, so it’s going to be pretty weak and lumpy (106). The morning has a clean cross-off breeze, but the short period means it’ll lack any real push. The afternoon sees a cleaner offshore wind, but the swell drops to 2 ft.

Then it’s back to the tiny stuff again. The next time we see a 1 out of 10 is on Thursday the 10th of September. There’s a 3 ft ENE swell with an 8-second period. The morning wind is light and cross-off from the WSW, so it’ll be clean. The energy is moderate (150). It’s ordinary, but it’s the closest thing to a session we’ve had in ages. The following day, Friday the 11th, is another 2 ft blip with a 10-second period and light cross-off winds, but the energy is weak (70).

Honestly, there are no standouts here. The best option, if you’re desperate, is the morning of Thursday the 10th of September. The 3 ft ENE swell with a clean, light cross-off breeze will be the most rideable we see. But it’s not a standout by any stretch.

On the bright side, several of these intervals are clean, and the forecasts can always change. It’s a quiet period, but it’s not abnormal for the area to have these blank runs. Keep an eye on it.

Rusty.

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