The Wash Right Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, listen up. Rusty here. Let’s have a proper look at what’s on the cards. We’ve got one main player on the menu: The Wash Right (The Wash). It’s a reef setup, pretty consistent, and it’s exposed to the south. That’s where we’ll be hanging our hats for this entire 16-day window.

The water temp feels about what you’d expect for this time of year—nothing weird going on there. The overall pattern kicks off with a bit of a slow start, but there’s a real spike of quality heading into the first weekend.

First up, Thursday morning, August 13th. It’s small and clean with a light cross breeze, but honestly, the swell is weak and it’s a bit of a marginal tide call. It's worth a paddle if you're desperate, but the real action doesn’t start until Friday morning, August 14th. That’s the standout session. We get a 4ft SW groundswell, with a very long 18 second period. The wind? Totally glassy. It’ll be clean as a whistle, with a solid push of energy (1261 combined). It’s made for experienced surfers—that long period will set up perfect lines down the reef.

Saturday morning, August 15th, is a close second. Same solid 5ft SW swell, with a long 16 second period, and a light cross-offshore wind keeping things clean. Energy is still pumping (1280). The afternoon gets a bit dodgy with a risk of t-storms and onshore wind, so make the most of the morning.

Sunday morning, August 16th, is still worth an early sesh. Swell drops a touch to 4ft, but it's glassy again and the energy is holding (723). After that, we hit a dry patch. From Sunday arvo through the end of the week, the wind gets messy onshore, the swell drops off, and the quality goes right out the window. There’s a couple of mornings like Tuesday August 18th and Wednesday August 19th that are glassy but with only 3 to 4ft of weak swell—fun for a longboard, but nothing to write home about.

The weekend of August 22nd to 23rd is basically a write-off. Small, onshore, grubby. A few of those afternoons even look like they’d be better for a kite than a paddle.

We get a glimmer of hope toward the final week. Thursday morning, August 27th, brings back a clean 3ft SW groundswell (659 energy) with glassy conditions. Then Friday morning, August 28th, starts looking good again: 4ft SW groundswell (871 energy) and glassy. That’s promising, but it’s over a week away—keep an eye on it.

If I had to pick the absolute best on offer, it’s Friday morning, August 14th, at The Wash Right. The only other proper contender is Saturday morning, August 15th. Snag those.

Stay frothing.
Rusty.

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