Voidokoilia Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me tell you straight. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a proper surf. We’ve got a long stretch of tiny, weak, and messy conditions ahead, so don’t get your hopes up for any heroics. The whole 16-day window is a bit of a write-off, to be honest. There’s a big gap of nothing, and the only real pulses are weak and short-lived.

We start things off around Tuesday, August 17th, but it’s not worth getting excited about. The swell’s just a dribble, with waves around 0.7ft to 2ft and short, weak periods. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, making it a total bumpy mess. The energy is weak, with the combined swell energy values in the single digits to low teens. It’s just a lot of nothing. The water is a balmy 83°, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year, so if you're just having a swim, it's lovely, but for surfing? Forget it.

The early days are just a blur of tiny, choppy, onshore slop. We get a little bit of a bump around Friday the 21st with a 2ft – 2ft swell, but the period is short and the wind is annoying. The energy picks up slightly, hitting the mid-teens, but it’s still all cross-shore and cross-onshore chop. It’s messy and will just test your patience, not your skill.

The middle part of the week pushes through with the same story. Small swell, poor winds, and nothing that will have you paddling out with a smile. The energy stays in the weak to moderate range, occasionally flirting with the low teens. There's a little bump of 5ft on Wednesday afternoon, August 26th, which is the biggest of the whole run, but it comes with a moderate cross-onshore breeze. It breaks the 100 mark for energy at 152, showing a bit of push, but it’s still junky. For a beginner, that 5ft is probably too much, and it’s only going to be for the more desperate crew. The period is only 6 seconds, so it’s just a messy, short-period windswell.

The final stretch into the end of August and the start of September is more of the same. We see smaller swells, and the wind keeps on messing things up. There are a couple of mornings with light offshore or glassy conditions, like on Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st. But there’s no swell to go with it, with waves only 0.7ft to 1ft. It’s just flat and clean, which is a tease.

Looking at the first week of September, there’s a slight improvement on the 2nd with a 3ft northwest groundswell and offshore winds, but that’s still small and weak, with energy in the low forties. It’s the cleanest option of the whole run, but it’s still not going to be anything special. This is a long blank stretch, and you’d be better off finding something else to do. The lack of any consistent, quality swell is pretty normal for this spot, but it doesn’t make it any easier to take.

So, bottom line: there’s no stand-out day here. It's a total dry spell. The water’s warm, but the waves are not. Don’t force it. This stretch looks like a kitesurfing session might be more fun than a paddle, given the onshore winds and the weak, bumpy surf.

Rusty.

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