Velzyland Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's take a look at what's cookin' for Velzyland over the next couple of weeks, and honestly, I gotta level with ya... it's a pretty bleak picture for paddle surfing right now.

The water temp here is sittin' at about 72°, which is right where it should be for this time of year, so nothin' to blame on that front.

First off, we've got a gap of absolutely nothing rideable. From the 29th of August all the way through to the morning of the 5th of September, it's a total bust. Tiny little dribbles of swell – we're talkin' 0.7 ft to 1 ft from the SSE – with cross-off or cross winds keepin' things clean but with no power at all. The combined energy is just pitiful, barely crackin' 54, and often sittin' in the single digits. There's just nothin' there.

Come the morning of Tuesday, the 2nd of September, we see a tiny spike with a 3 ft E swell, 8-second period and 133 combined energy, but it's still rated as poor. Then the pattern gets a little weird. The morning of Wednesday, the 3rd, has some 4 ft S swell, but the period is a short 7 seconds and the winds are messy.

The first real glimmer of something, and I'm stretchin' the word "glimmer" here, is the morning of Friday, the 5th of September. We get a 3 ft swell from the SE with a 10-second period and clean, cross-off winds from the North at 12 mph. That's a solid window of clean conditions, and the combined energy gets up to 264, which is at least moderate. But the score is still marginal at best. If you are desperate, that's your window for some weak, clean lines.

After that, it falls away again until the morning of Sunday, the 7th of September. The wind goes glassy, and there's a 3 ft S swell with a 6-second period. The energy is 149 – moderate but weak. The wave comment says "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." That's about the best we get for that stretch, but the short period means it'll be fat and weak.

From the 8th of September onward, the size starts to pick up, but the wind is just awful. Mornings on the 10th and 11th of September see 4 ft and 6 ft swells from the E and ESE, but with onshore or cross-onshore winds, it's gonna be a lumpy, bumpy mess. The morning of Friday, the 12th of September, sees a 4 ft E swell with 10-second period and a gentle cross-shore wind, giving it a score of 1. That's the other maybe-window, but the conditions are "slight cross-chop." It's not great.

Honestly, for this whole period, with the wind so often swingin' onshore and the swell directions bein' from the E and SE which is cross or onshore for this spot, this setup looks far more interesting for kite surfing than for a good ol' fashioned paddle session. There's just no quality on offer.

Keep your head up, though. Velzyland can fire, and a good South swell with clean winds would change this whole story overnight.

Rusty.

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