The Spit Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a flat spell on the cards, so we’ll need to be patient. The forecast for The Spit is pretty grim for a solid stretch, with the best we can hope for being a few mornings of clean but very ordinary little waves. Most of the time it's going to be small, chopped up, and not really worth the paddle.

The first real window we could consider is the Tuesday morning of September 2nd. It’s not a big swell, around 3 to 3ft, coming from the east with a period of 7 seconds. What makes it interesting is a light offshore breeze from the northwest that should keep the faces reasonably clean. It’s surfable but nothing to get too worked up about. It’s a 'maybe' spot that morning, more than anything else.

Before that, the whole stretch from August 25th through September 1st is pretty much a write-off. We’ve got swell bouncing between 2 and 4ft, but the winds are mostly cross-shore or cross-onshore, and the period is mostly short, in that 5 to 8 second range, which is going to make for lumpy, weak surf. The water temperature is a bit below average at 69°, which is normal for the back end of August. There's just not a lot of push out there.

The next possible highlight is the morning of September 8th. It’s a similar story: a 2ft east swell with a 9-second period and light offshore winds from the west-northwest. It'll be cleaner, and there might be a bit more shape to it, but it's still small. Keep expectations low.

I wouldn’t call anything in this window a true standout, to be honest. There are a couple of cleaner surf windows, but the size just isn't there. For the period from the 25th through to the 9th of September, the break is mostly on the small side. The only mornings that look like they’d offer anything clean are the 2nd and the 8th of September, and even then it's marginal.

With the swell so small and the wind not cooperating much, The Spit setup doesn't look like it has much for the paddle surfer. Honestly, on the afternoons when the wind is up and it gets lumpy, the conditions might be more interesting for someone wanting to get the kite out. But for a surf, there just isn't much on offer.

That’s the long and short of it. I'll be checking the charts again, but for now, this is a 'keep the board in the car and watch the sky' kind of forecast. It won't stay poor forever, but this stretch is a test of patience.

Rusty.

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