The Breakwater-St Ives Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, I'm Rusty. Let's have a look at what's coming up for The Breakwater-St Ives. Honestly, it's a bit of a mixed bag, and we've got a long wait for the real juice.

Right now, the water temp is sitting at 63°, which is bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The first bit of surf worth paddling out for is a slight tease on Sunday the 6th of September. We've got a 2ft swell from the west with a 9-second period, and the wind is blowing off from the SSW at 12 mph, keeping it clean. But the wave energy is super weak, only 88, and the surf is just poor. It's a start, but nothing to get excited about.

Monday the 7th sees a jump in size, with 8ft from the west, period up to 13 seconds, and the combined energy is a massive 1780 – that's a lot of power. But the wind is a cross-shore mess from the WNW at 16 mph, and the tide conditions are questionable. It's a marginal call, and definitely one for the experienced crew only.

For the rest of that first week and into the second, it's a lot of grim reading. From Tuesday the 8th all the way through Sunday the 13th, the wind is mostly onshore, cross-onshore, or just plain lumpy. The swell hangs around 3ft to 7ft, but it's messy. The wave energy drops off significantly, and the scores are all poor. There's a couple of sessions with clean, cross-off winds on the 10th and 12th, but the swell is either short period or just not lining up right. It's a real slog.

After a dead run, things start to look up on Monday the 14th with a 6ft west swell and clean cross-off wind, but it's still only marginal. The real standout, the one to circle on your calendar, is Thursday the 17th of September. The morning is looking prime: clear skies, 8ft of swell from the west with a nice 10-second period, a light cross-off breeze from the southwest at 6 mph, and 1247 of combined energy. The conditions are set to be very good, clean surf. It's a solid expert-level wave, but it could be a beauty.

Friday the 18th is also a cracker. The morning has a 10ft west swell with an 8-second period, and it's blowing offshore from the SSW at 12 mph, with 912 combined energy. Again, very good surf conditions, but that size is for the pros only. The afternoon holds similar size, but the wind shifts a bit.

After that, it drops off again. The weekend of the 19th and 20th fades to tiny, weak waves, and the final outlook on Monday the 21st is just a small, ordinary 3ft swell.

So, to sum it up: the first two weeks are mostly a write-off with a few dodgy, marginal windows. The real standout, the session you want to plan for, is the morning of Thursday the 17th. That's your best bet by a long shot. The Breakwater-St Ives is an inconsistent point break, so when it fires, it's worth the wait. Hang in there.

Rusty.

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