Terry s Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and let's get into this. It's Rusty here, and I've got to be straight with you – it's looking pretty desperate out there for a paddle. We're looking at a 16-day window from now, but honestly, it's a long, long stretch of tiny, choppy, and just plain messy conditions. There’s a big gap of flat, unsurfable water, and the few ripples we do see are more suited for a swim than a surf.

We've got a break called Terry's Cove, a beginner-friendly sandbar that's fairly consistent. But for this whole period, it's a write-off. The water temp is sitting at a warm 88°F, about a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that's the only good news.

Let's run through it. Starting this Saturday the 29th of August, we've got thunderstorms and a cross-shore wind at 12 mph, making a real mess of a tiny 1 ft swell from the ENE with a period of only 3 seconds. The energy is a pathetic (3). There's simply no power. This pattern of weak, short-period windswell and onshore or cross-shore wind drags on for days and days. Monday the 31st? A tiny 0.7 ft bump. Tuesday morning the 1st of September is clean with a light cross-offshore wind and a 0.7 ft wave, but it's just not surfable. We see that same clean but tiny look on Wednesday the 2nd and Thursday the 3rd – just nothing to ride.

There is a brief flicker of hope on Friday the 4th of September morning. The wind goes glassy, with a slight air, and we get a 2 ft swell from the East with a 3-second period. It's glassy, it's clean, but that wave has no push. The combined energy is just (5). You could take a longboard out and maybe get a knee-high wobble, but it’s not what I’d call a surf.

After that, it's back to the same story. Showers and moderate winds through into the second week. The swell direction swings around to the SSE and the period stretches to 5 seconds by Tuesday the 8th, but the heights drop back to 0.7 ft and 1.0 ft with energy readings as low as (4). We even get a clean northwesterly offshore wind on the morning of Thursday the 10th of September, but it's over a 0.7 ft wave. It's a tease.

The only two standouts, and I'm using that term very loosely, are the Friday 4th of September morning for the glassy, clean surface, and the Thursday 10th of September morning for the clean offshore wind. Neither of these will give you a proper wave, but they are the only times you won't be battling a chop. With such small surf and consistent poor quality, this setup looks more interesting for a paddleboard or a kayak than a surfboard.

Honestly, this is a blank run. The area just isn't producing anything.

- Rusty

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