Turtle Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's heading our way for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it's a tough stretch. The first week and a bit is looking pretty flat and average. We're staring down a long gap with next to nothing rideable. For the first few days, it’s just tiny dribbles, and the wind is all over the shop, so don't bother paddling out until we get deep into the second part of the window.

The real story starts to build late in the second week. Gonna be a waiting game.

The only spot we've got on the radar is Turtle Cove, a reef and point setup. The water temp is sitting right around average for this time of year at 71°F, so nothing wild there, just a standard wetsuit or springsuit job.

We’ve got a long dry spell. Absolutely nothing worth mentioning for the first week. You could check the tide pools, but that’s about it. The mornings of the 17th and 18th show a slight bump, with a 4ft swell on Monday the 17th and 2ft on Tuesday the 18th, but the wind is messy and they still rate as “poor.” Not worth the paddle.

Now, heading into the end of the window, things finally get interesting. On Friday the 21st of August, we see a push of energy. The morning brings a 6ft SSW swell with a period of 7 seconds, and combined energy hitting 284 – that's moderate wave energy. The wind is a cross-off from the NW, which should keep it clean. This is the best we’ve seen by a long shot. It’s still a short-period swell, so it won't have the punch of a groundswell, but 6ft clean and lined up at a reef setup like Turtle Cove is a good look. The afternoon holds at 5ft with a WNW cross-off. This is your standout window.

Then it gets interesting, but for the wrong reasons. By Wednesday the 26th, we’ve got a 6ft ESE swell rolling in. That’s pushing expert-only territory at over 5ft, and the period is only 8 seconds with combined energy of 439 – that's strong. But the wind is a cross-on from the NNE and SE, which will chop it up. For a paddle surfer, that’s a tough look. That setup is looking way more interesting for kite surfing than a standard paddle session.

So, to sum it up: there’s a 10-day gap of rubbish before we get a brief window on Friday the 21st. That morning is your one true standout – hit Turtle Cove for the clean 6ft SW swell. After that, it gets big, messy, and onshore.

Rusty.

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