Wabasso Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. I’ve taken a long hard look at the charts for our little corner of the coast, and I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough one. The entire 16-day window is looking like a bit of a bust for decent paddle surfing. There’s no real swell to speak of, and the conditions are largely messy.

Let’s talk about Wabasso. This spot is a sandbar setup that rarely breaks, and looking at the forecast, it’s easy to see why. The swell is tiny, mostly peaking at a pathetic 1 ft to 4 ft from the East, with a period that’s mostly short and weak (mostly 4 to 8 seconds). The combined wave energy is a joke for most of the run, with values like 18 or 20 (weak energy), only briefly hitting a moderate 301 (moderate energy) on Friday the 7th afternoon, but even then the wind is a cross-onshore mess.

The wind is the real killer here. For the first two weeks, it’s a constant battle of cross, cross-on, and onshore breezes from the East and Southeast, blowing at 6 to 12 mph pretty much every day. That’s going to leave the surface choppy and uninviting. We get a few brief moments of cleaner conditions on the 11th, 12th, and 16th of August with light cross-offshore winds, but the swell is so small – 1 ft to 2 ft – it’s barely enough to get you wet. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, so nothing special there.

The best you could hope for is the early morning of Sunday the 16th of August. You’ll have a clean surface with a light cross-offshore breeze from the SSE at 6 mph, and the swell is a tiny 2 ft from the ESE, but with a period of 8 seconds. It’s a long shot, and the energy is still weak (74), but it’s the only window that doesn’t look like a total write-off. This is a spot that rarely breaks, so this little window is notable.

Honestly, with this swell being so weak and the wind so persistent, the setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer. A blank run like this is more normal for this area. We’re in a dry spell, but forecasts can change. Keep your eyes peeled, but for now, I’d leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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