Temae Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the surf for Temae for the next couple of weeks. Straight up, I gotta say – it’s a rough run. There’s a whole lot of swell on the way, but the wind is just not playing ball, and it’s messing up what could be some epic waves.

The first real chance to get wet doesn’t come until Friday, the 21st of August. There’s a solid 7ft SSW swell rolling in with a 12-second period, giving us a decent amount of energy (1638). The water is a warm 79°, which is about normal for this time of year. The issue is that wind. It’s a cross-offshore from the SSE at 22 mph, which is a fresh breeze. It’s keepin’ the faces clean, but it’s a fight. For an advanced crew at this reef break, it’s doable, but it’s not pretty.

Saturday the 22nd looks a bit bigger, with 8ft SSW swell and a longer 14-second period, packing a lot more punch (2530). The morning has a similar cross-offshore wind, but it turns to a cross-shore in the afternoon, which makes it lumpy. It’s still marginal.

Sunday the 23rd sees the swell jump to 10ft from the SSW with a very long 16-second period (4689 energy). That’s a lot of water moving. But the wind is cross-onshore, and the conditions are just poor. The wave quality is shot. The setup is a reef, so that long period groundswell might actually wrap in okay, but with that wind, it’s a messy, blown-out closeout.

From there, it’s a long, painful stretch. The wind just stays on it, mostly cross-onshore or strong cross-shore, from the east and southeast, gusting 22 to 28 mph. Swell sizes come and go, from 4ft up to 10ft again on the 29th, but every single day is marked as poor surf conditions. The energy is still there – some days hitting over 4000 (that’s strong to very strong) – but the wind is tearing it all apart. It’s a washing machine out there.

There’s a solid 7-day gap from the 21st all the way through to the end of the month with no real window of clean surf. The beginning of September is no better. The wind is still howling from the east at 25-28 mph, and the swell is a mix of smaller SSW pulses and a brief, weak 5ft period 8-second E swell on the 1st of September. The energy drops off a cliff, down to 767 and then 305. That’s weak.

Honestly, for the whole 16 days, there isn’t a single standout session. The forecast is just a constant battle of decent swell size and terrible wind. For a reef break that’s inconsistent at the best of times, this is a classic case of “looks good on paper, but don’t bother paddling out.” If you’re a kiter, you’d be laughing with all this cross-shore wind and big, lumpy water. But for a surfer? I’d be finding something else to do for a while.

Rusty.

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