Vredenberg Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right folks, Rusty here. Let’s talk about the outlook for Vredenberg Point.

We’ve got a solid run of swell coming through, but it’s a real mixed bag. The best window is tight and early, but after that, things get tricky. The water is sitting at 57°, which is a fair bit colder than usual for this time of year—about 3° below normal, so you’ll want a good steamer.

The standout session is the first one on the cards: Wednesday morning, 26 August. It’s glassy with a 3 mph easterly breeze, and a clean 6 ft swell from the WSW with a period of 13 seconds. That’s a proper groundswell with plenty of energy (1265), and it’s going to wrap nicely into the point. Conditions are excellent for experienced surfers. This is the pick of the entire forecast.

After that, the wind turns on us. From Wednesday afternoon through the rest of the week, we get hit with cross-shore and cross-onshore winds, and the surf quality drops off fast. Thursday (27th) and Friday (28th) are messy—the swell is there, but the wind chops it up. Saturday (29th) and Sunday (30th) get worse, with stronger winds and even a 8 ft SW swell on Sunday morning that’s just lumpy from a 22 mph cross breeze.

Monday (31st) through to Wednesday (1st September) is a write-off for clean waves. The swell gets bigger, hitting 12 ft on the 1st, but it’s too big for this break and the wind is still cross-onshore. We get a short break on Friday morning, 4 September, with a clean 15 ft S swell under a 19 mph cross-offshore north wind, but again, that’s well over the 8 ft mark—expert territory only. The same goes for Saturday morning, 5 September, with a 16 ft swell.

The next real chance for a decent session comes on Monday morning, 7 September. We’ve got glassy conditions again, a 3 mph offshore north breeze, and a 6 ft S swell. It’s not as big as the first standout, but it’s clean and the energy is moderate (754). The period is 10 seconds, so it’s a bit more manageable. This is the second highlight.

From there, the swell fades and the winds turn onshore again. The last week of the forecast is a real letdown—small, weak surf with poor winds. There’s a gap of about two days of small, weak waves before the run ends.

So, bottom line: if you’re surfing Vredenberg Point, make the most of that Wednesday morning (26 August) and maybe the Monday morning (7 September). Everything else is either blown out, too big, or just too small.

Rusty.

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