Ramsgate (The Wall) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look.

Honestly, this is a tough one to write. Looking out over the next sixteen days from Saturday the 12th of September, there's a long, dry stretch of nothing. The first glimmer of anything near a wave doesn't show up until Saturday afternoon, and even then we're looking at ankle-biters. The situation doesn't really improve from there. The whole sixteen-day window is an exercise in frustration. We're looking at roughly three weeks of flat to tiny conditions before anything with a pulse even tries to show itself.

The only break on the radar is Ramsgate (The Wall). It's a breakwater setup that's inconsistent and gets hit by crowds for sure. The optimum direction is a SW swell, but the swell it gets is barely a whisper.

The best chance you'll get, and I use that term loosely, is on Sunday the 13th of September in the afternoon. We're talking a tiny 2ft swell from the SW (4) with a short period of 5 seconds. The combined energy of all swells is a weak 39. On the plus side, the wind goes cross-off at a gentle 10 mph, so the surface will be clean. It's barely surfable, but if you're desperate for a longboard and the tide is right, you might get a few knee-high crumbly ones.

The only other spot that even flirts with being rideable is Monday the 21st of September. The swell is gone – zero combined energy – but the wind swings offshore from the North at 15 mph in the morning. The water will be like glass, but there's no wave to surf on a breakwater that needs a push.

The rest of the fortnight is just a write-off. Swells are mostly non-existent, and when there is a ripple, the wind is cross or onshore, making it a messy, blown-out mess. For the whole period, the combined swell energy rarely even breaks into the 20s.

Honestly, for paddle surfing, there is nothing on offer. If the wind is up and there's a tiny bump, the setup at The Wall might be more interesting for kite surfing than anything else. The water temperature anomaly isn't provided for the first spot, so I can't tell you if it's warmer or colder than usual for the time of year.

So, save your energy, check your gear, and wait for the next proper groundswell. This is one of those blank runs that feels normal for a sheltered breakwater spot. Forecasts can change, but this one is stubborn.

Rusty.

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