Velzyland Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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Looks like a real mixed bag for the North Shore stretch. We’ve got a couple of potential windows, but you’ll have to be patient and pick your moments. The water temp is sitting at 72°F, which is about 1°F cooler than usual for this time of year, so nothing too wild, just a touch of the old seasonal chill.

The first real chance to get wet is Saturday morning, the 5th of September. Velzyland is looking at a tiny 2ft swell from the SSE, but the wind is dead glassy, coming from the North. It’s a bit of a clean-up set situation, with the combined energy of all swells only at 125 (moderate energy). It’s surfable, but very ordinary. Don’t expect much.

Saturday afternoon and Sunday are write-offs. The wind picks up, the swell drops, and conditions turn to junk. We get a bit of a pulse on Monday the 7th, with a 6ft swell from the South, but it’s short period at 8 seconds and the wind is a messy cross-shore. The wave energy is moderate (621), but it’s just not clean. Monday afternoon sees a short period swell drop off.

We get a couple of glassy mornings on Tuesday the 8th and again on Wednesday the 9th, but the swell is small and weak. The stand-out window in this whole run is Wednesday morning, the 9th of September. We’ll have a clean 4ft swell from the East-Southeast, 7-second period, with a light offshore breeze from the North-Northwest. The combined energy is 215 (moderate). The forecast is for “good surf conditions,” and with those offshore winds, Velzyland should have some clean, workable lines. It’s a reef break, so it can handle a bit of direction, and with the wind from the NNW, it’ll be turning on. Expect crowds to be possible here, as it's a known spot.

After that, it’s a long stretch of nothing good. The middle of the month sees a lot of strong onshore winds and very poor conditions. The 15th of September afternoon has a bit of a pulse with a 5ft south-east swell and a long 13-second period, but the wind is cross and it’s only marginal. The 16th of September morning has a clean 4ft south-east swell with a long 13-second period and a light offshore. That’s another possible window, but it’s way out there, so treat it as a promising but less certain long-range bet.

Honestly, if you’re not on it Wednesday the 9th, you’re looking at a lot of flat, choppy, or blown-out days. The 19th of September Saturday morning has a tiny glassy bump, but it’s barely a ripple.

Rusty.

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