Voidokoilia Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty bleak for a proper surf at Voidokoilia. We're staring down a long stretch of tiny, weak, and mostly onshore waves. The good news is there are a few windows where the wind straightens out, but we're talking about a real drought before anything gets interesting.

The immediate forecast is grim. From Thursday the 20th all the way through to Saturday the 29th, we've got almost nothing but mush and chop. Swell heights are hovering between a pathetic 0.7ft and 2ft, with periods mostly under 5 seconds. That's just windswell slop, not real surf. The swell energy is a pittance, with values mostly in the single digits or low teens, like 5, 10, or 15, when we should be seeing triple digits for anything worth paddling out for. Most mornings have a cross-shore breeze, and afternoons get chopped up by cross-onshore winds. There's one morning on Friday the 28th with a light cross-offshore wind, but the swell is only 0.7ft—you'd need a longboard and a lot of patience to even catch a ripple. It's not worth the drive.

This is a brutal run. We're talking about nearly a week and a half with no recommendations, a real desert. The water temp is sitting at 82°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but you won't be feeling it while you're just sitting there bobbing around waiting for a wave that never comes.

Now, hold on. If you're willing to be patient, there's a tiny light at the end of the tunnel. Sunday the 30th of August is our one and only standout. The morning looks like a beauty. The wind drops to zero, and we get pure glass. The swell picks up to 3ft – still small, but it's the biggest we see all forecast, with a period of 6 seconds. The combined energy jumps to 61, which is still weak but is 20 times more than most of what we've seen. The swell direction is from the NW, which is a touch off the WSW optimum for Voidokoilia, but a clean 3ft glassy wave at an inconsistent spot is still something. It'll be tiny, clean, and probably fun on a longboard. But don't get too excited, the afternoon brings in a 12 mph cross-onshore breeze that chops it all up.

After that, it's back to the same old story. The 31st has a glassy morning but the swell drops back down to 2ft, and then it's just a rinse-repeat of tiny, weak, and crumbly conditions through the first week of September. There are some slightly bigger pulses on the 4th of September, with a 2ft swell in the morning and 2ft in the afternoon, but the winds are onshore and it's still gutless.

So, here's the bottom line. For the next 16 days, your only real, clean shot is the morning of Sunday the 30th. It's not going to be epic, but it's the best we've got. It's more of a promise than a guarantee, but you take what you can get. The rest of the time, leave the board in the car and go do something else, because this coast is looking like a lake. The swell is so weak and the winds are so poor that the setup honestly looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping for a change, but for now, that's the long and short of it.

Rusty, out.

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