Terry s Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you – this outlook is a tough one. We're looking at a solid 16-day window, and honestly, there's not a single standout session in the bunch. The whole period is a bit of a write-off for decent surf. From now through to the 14th of September, the waves are just not cooperating. There are no good surf options on the table here, folks.

Let's start with the only spot we've got to work with, Terry's Cove. It's a sandbar break, fairly consistent, but that's about the only positive. The water's sitting at a warm 87°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you'll be comfortable in a spring suit at most.

The first real chance of anything comes Sunday, the 30th of August, but it's a grim mix of small 2 ft swell from the SE with a short 4-second period and a cross-on easterly breeze at 12 mph. The wave energy is a weak 22, and it's just poor, choppy conditions. It doesn't get any better through the week. Monday the 31st drops to 1 ft, Tuesday the 1st of September is a tiny 0.3 ft, and we roll through a whole string of days with barely a ripple. The combined energy is often in the single digits – that's weak, weak stuff. We're looking at a stretch from the 1st of September through to the 5th where the swell is practically non-existent, with combined energy values of 1, 2, 3, or even 0. There's a long gap of days with nothing rideable.

We do see a minor bump on the 8th of September. The Tuesday morning session shows a 2 ft swell from the south with a 4-second period, but the wind is glassy from the ESE at 3 mph. That's a rare clean moment, but the energy is only 9, and the wave comment still says "poor surf conditions." The afternoon picks up to 5 ft from the south with a 6-second period and a combined energy of 190 (moderate), but the wind swings cross-on from the SSW at 9 mph, making it choppy. Not great.

From the 9th to the 14th, it's back to the same story: small, messy, poor conditions. The 12th of September Saturday morning offers a clean 1 ft from the south with a 6-second period and a light offshore from the north at 6 mph, but it's so small it's barely worth paddling for. The energy is only 11.

Look, the bottom line is this area is in a flat spell. With the swell this small and the wind often onshore or cross-onshore, it's poor for surfing. The few clean windows are on tiny, weak waves. For the whole 16 days, I'm not seeing a single session that's worth getting excited about. Forecasts can change, but right now, it's a blank run. For the big swell days, the setup with significant wind and surf quality might be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Rusty, signing off.

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