Wabasso Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Gather 'round, crew. Rusty here. I've been staring at the charts for the next couple of weeks, and honestly, it's a tough one. We're looking at a long, flat spell ahead. The overall pattern is pretty barren, so temper those expectations. We're starting with a blank canvas and it stays that way for the entire 16-day window. There are no good surf options on the table, not a single standout. The only break on the radar is Wabasso, and it's a rare-breaker that's showing nothing but poor surf conditions from start to finish.

For the first few days, it's all tiny and weak. Tuesday the 21st sees some cross-off wind with a tiny 2ft SE swell from a short 5-second period, combined energy is a measly 34, but the wave comment tells the real story: "poor surf conditions." That afternoon it gets messier with a cross-shore breeze and a 3ft SE swell, but the period drops to 4 seconds, and the energy is only 52. It's not worth paddling out for.

Wednesday the 22nd through Friday the 24th offer nothing but tiny, weak 1.0ft to 2ft swells from the east, all with short 8-second periods and combined energy barely cracking 60. The wind varies but the surf quality is consistently poor. Saturday the 25th is a tease. Saturday morning looks glassy with a 2ft E swell and 8-second period, and the combined energy climbs to 60. It's clean, but the wave comment still says "poor surf conditions," and that swell is just too weak and short-period to do anything with. Saturday afternoon gets a bump in energy to 138 from a 3ft ESE swell, but it's cross-shore and choppy. Still no good.

From Sunday the 26th all the way through to Wednesday the 5th of August, it's a dead zone. We're talking weeks of tiny 1.0ft to 2ft swells from the east, with periods ranging from 7 to 9 seconds. The combined energy hangs out between 13 and 76 – that's weak stuff. While there are some clean offshore windows, especially from the 29th onwards with some nice SW offshore breezes, the swell just isn't there. It's like a beautiful day with a lake. The biggest energy reading in the whole run is on Wednesday the 5th of August afternoon, with a 2ft swell and 7-second period hitting 76, but it's onshore and blown out.

This is one of those blank runs that's more normal for this area. Sometimes the charts just go quiet. The water temp at the start is 83°, which is about average for the time of year, nothing weird there.

Look, I'll be honest, there's nothing here to get excited about. If you're desperate to get wet, you could sit on a longboard on a glassy morning around Saturday the 25th, or during those cleaner offshore windows later, but you'll be bobbing around on ankle-biters. It's a two-week flat spell. The only thing that could change this is a new swell showing up in the next forecast update. Until then, I'm taking the time to fix the dings. Hang in there.

Rusty.

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