Urirama Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s comin’ our way at Urirama.

Honestly, mate, I’ll level with you—this stretch of coastline is lookin’ flat and frustrated for a long while. The whole 16-day window is basically a write-off for decent paddle surfing. We’re staring down the barrel of a nasty, relentless east wind that just won’t give us a break. The water temp is sittin’ around 83°F, which is pretty average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The kick-off is dead quiet. From Monday the 24th of August right through to Wednesday the 27th, there’s zero swell on offer—just the sound of that cross-onshore easterly howling at 25 to 28 mph, churning up a messy, lumpy mess. Don’t bother paddlin’ out; that’s kite-surfing wind if you’re into that sort of thing.

Thursday the 27th teases us with a tiny 0.3ft swell from the NE, with a very long 16-second period, but the cross-on wind at 22 mph kills any chance of fun. That weak energy reading of just 10 tells you all you need to know. Same story Friday the 28th through the weekend—a few ripples of 1.0ft, NE swell, periods between 11 and 13 seconds, but that fresh to strong cross-onshore breeze keeps the surface ugly. Energy readings hang around the 20s and 30s—pathetic.

The drought rolls right into the first week of September. There’s nothing worth gettin’ wet for until Saturday the 5th of September, when a little pulse of 3ft swell from the NNE shows up with a 12-second period and moderate energy of 172. That’s the best we’re gonna get, but the wind is still a fresh east cross-onshore at 22 mph. The wave comment says “poor surf conditions” for every single session in the outlook—not one gets a score above zero. It’s a real bummer.

Look, the break itself is a beach and reef setup, exposed to swell from the NW, and it’s fairly consistent here normally. But with this nasty easterly hammering it day after day, it’s just not happenin’. There’s no standout, no hidden gem, no window of glassy perfection. The only thing consistent is the wind wreckin’ the surface.

Keep the board in the car and wait for a change. Forecasts can shift, but as it stands, there’s nothin’ to chase here.

Rusty.

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