The Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Gap starts now, runs through to Friday the 14th, and honestly, it looks pretty grim. We’re looking at days of onshore and cross-shore winds, chopped-up surfaces, and no real swell window. The energy that’s around is weak, in the 97 to 154 range, and the odd longer-period pulse gets ruined by the wind. It’s not worth getting wet for.

Then we get a stretch of nothing much, with small, messy waves until around the 17th. There’s a brief moment Monday morning where the wind goes light cross-offshore and it cleans up a touch, with a small 3ft north swell, but it’s barely breaking and the energy is still weak at 107. You’d be scratching for anything. Tuesday afternoon brings a jump in size to 5ft, but it’s cross-on and messy as hell, and Wednesday just keeps that lumpy, cross-shore chop going. Nothing here screams “go.”

The next real standout, and I mean the only one worth circling on the calendar, is the early part of the second week. We’ve got a proper groundswell showing up from the west around the 25th, with a 10-second period and energy pushing up into the 278 range, which is moderate. The swell direction is good, but the wind, man, the wind. It’s howling cross-on at 19-22 mph. It’s going to be lumpy and messy, but the size and period might just have enough push to make The Cove (Gardens) interesting for someone who knows the reef. This is a spot that’s fairly consistent but needs the right combo, and this isn’t it. The setup looks more like a kite-surfing day than a paddle-surfing day.

And that’s about it. After that, it fades out again, dropping back to small, weak, and mostly onshore junk for the final days of the window. The long-range stuff on the 28th and 29th looks slightly cleaner, with a longer 12-14 second period, but it’s tiny at 2-2ft and the energy is low. Not worth holding your breath for.

So, there’s nothing good on offer. It’s a blank run, and for this area, that’s not unusual. It’ll come back around; it always does.

Rusty

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