38 Line Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for the next couple of weeks at 38 Line.

Right now, we're staring down a long stretch of flat, small, and messy conditions. Honestly, it's a tough start. There's a real gap here with no worthwhile surf to speak of for days. From Sunday the 23rd through the rest of that week, the ocean is basically giving us nothing. You've got tiny 0.3ft to 2ft slop, periods so short they barely count, and the combined energy is weak, barely cracking double digits. It's a write-off.

We finally see a pulse of life kicking in on Friday morning, the 28th of August. Swell pushes up to about 3ft from the ENE, with a period of 5 seconds and a combined energy of 42 – still weak, but at least it's something. The wind is light and cross-offshore, which keeps it clean. It's surfable, but very ordinary. That little trend continues through the weekend of the 29th and into Sunday the 30th, with similar 3ft to 4ft ENE swell. The Sunday morning looks like the pick of that early run: glassy conditions with a light easterly breeze and 4ft of swell, energy hitting 115. It's not going to blow anyone's mind, but for a clean, small-wave cruiser, it might be your best shot in that first week.

Now, let's be real about the standout – if you can call it that. It's not a classic. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no drama there.

The next week turns pretty grim again. Monday the 31st of August through to Saturday the 5th of September is a mess of onshore and cross-onshore winds, with swell sizes hovering around 2ft to 5ft. It's mostly poor quality. There's a brief moment on Tuesday morning, the 1st of September, with glassy conditions and a small 2ft ENE swell, but it's tiny.

The real spike comes on Sunday the 6th and Monday the 7th of September. We see a big jump in swell height to 7ft from the ENE, with a combined energy hitting 869 on Sunday morning and 547 in the afternoon – that's moderate to strong energy. But here's the kicker: the wind is a strong cross-onshore, even onshore, with heavy rain and gusty conditions up to 28 mph. That's a hard pass for surfing. That kind of wind and chop will make it a messy, blown-out wall. For a beach break like 38 Line, this setup looks far more interesting for the kite surfers than for anyone on a paddle board. The swell is also pushing 7ft, which is really only for experts, but with those winds, even experts will struggle.

So, to sum it up: we've got a long flat start, a brief, average window around the 29th-30th of August with clean but small surf, and then a messy, windy pulse of bigger swell in the second week that's better left to the kite crew. Don't get your hopes up too high for anything epic.

Rusty.

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