Voelklip Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks. Rusty here, checking in on our local spot, Voelklip. Let’s look at the next sixteen days and where the goods are.

We start Monday the 31st with a 6ft SW swell, but the wind is a messy cross-on and the combined energy is at 828. It’s there, but it’s grovelly.

Tuesday the 1st of September the swell jumps up to 8ft in the morning, hitting 10ft in the afternoon, all from the SW. That’s serious power—energy jumps to 2340 and 3112—but the wind is on your face or side-on. Big and burly, but choppy. Beginners, stay out of the water when it’s over 5ft.

Now, Wednesday the 2nd of September morning is the one. A 10ft SW swell with glassy wind. Combined energy at 2802. That is proper. The water temp is 59°, which is about 2° colder than the norm for this time of year, so that’s a little bite. For the experienced crew, this is as good as it gets. The afternoon drops to 8ft but the wind comes back cross-on, so you gotta be there at first light.

Thursday the 3rd sees the swell drop to 5ft in the morning from the WSW, but the wind is cross-on again. The afternoon gets ruined by 35 km/h winds and a 10ft S swell making a washing machine. That afternoon is strictly for the kite surfers.

Friday the 4th and Saturday the 5th are blown to bits by strong 25 to 30 km/h easterly winds. Swell is present but poor. Saturday afternoon has a weird 3ft swell with a 23-second period—insanely long period—but with 35 km/h wind, it’s a write-off.

From Sunday the 6th through to around Tuesday the 8th, it’s a lull. The swell drops small, energy values tank into the hundreds. There’s a clean morning on Tuesday the 8th with a 3ft S swell and light wind, but it’s weak.

Wednesday the 9th to Saturday the 12th are mostly small and average. Some clean mornings, but barely any push in the waves.

Things start to build again on Sunday the 13th of September. Morning brings an 8ft WSW swell with cross wind and 1340 energy. The wind is messy, but the power is back. The afternoon and Monday the 14th are wrecked by strong westerly winds.

Your last decent session is Tuesday the 15th of September morning: 6ft SSW swell, light ENE cross-off wind, clean, energy at 589. A solid, clean finish to the run.

So, highlight reel: Wednesday morning, September 2nd is the big one. Massive, glassy, world-class for the experts. Tuesday the 15th morning is your secondary clean option. The rest you’re either scratching around or getting blown off the water.

That’s the word from the beach.
Rusty.

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