The groyne Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s set the scene. It’s a pretty flat and average stretch coming up at The groyne. Don't get your hopes up too high for the next couple of weeks.

Water temp is 68°F, which is a bit chillier than the norm for this time of year, so a full suit is a good idea.

From Monday the 17th through Friday the 21st, it’s pretty much a no-go. We’ve got a steady cross-onshore wind out of the ESE messing things up. There’s some swell, around 6ft, but it’s short-period junk. The wave energy is moderate–we're seeing combined readings in the high 300s–but it’s all chop and no shape. It's a fight out there, not a surf.

Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd are still marginal. The swell drops, but the wind is still not helping. There’s a brief clean window on Saturday morning but the waves are only about 3ft and weak. Energy’s down in the 80s – it just doesn't have any push to it.

The one bright spot in this whole run looks like Monday morning the 24th. The wind goes glassy and we have a clean 3ft wave. It’s small, but it will be the best conditions we've seen. The energy is still weak though, around 113, so don't expect any power. We have a couple of other surfable days on the 25th and 27th with cleaner cross-offshore winds, but they are still very small and ordinary.

Then we hit a dead zone from the 28th to the 30th. We're talking waves under 2ft and energy readings down in the teens. It's completely flat. You’re better off doing something else.

We do see a pulse of swell for Monday the 31st of August and into Tuesday the 1st of September. The size jumps back up–we’re looking at 4ft in the morning and up to 8ft by the afternoon. The swell energy for that Monday afternoon is strong, hitting 629. But, the conditions are going to be rubbish. The wind is onshore and the period is short, so it'll be a big, messy, choppy 8ft. That’s expert-only territory and it won't be any fun. This is a setup that will be firing for the kiteboarders, not for us.

So, to sum it up, it’s a poor outlook. The only standout for a clean surf is that glassy Monday the 24th. It’s small, but it'll be clean. Otherwise, we’re looking at a whole lot of nothing or a whole lot of mess.

Rusty.

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