Wategos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on offer here, just at Wategos. No other breaks are in the mix. I’ve got the whole 16-day window in front of me, and I’m not gonna lie, it’s a tough stretch. There’s a decent gap at the very start with hardly anything worth paddling for, and honestly, it doesn't get much better.

The first real chance you’ll get is Tuesday morning, September 1st. Now, don’t get too excited. The swell is tiny, a mere 2 ft from the east, with a 10-second period. The combined energy is weak (82). But – and this is a big but – the wind is glassy. Dead flat, clean as a whistle. For a beginner-friendly point break like Wategos, that makes it look presentable. It’s surfable, but it’s ordinary. It's the only window that morning, as the afternoon turns cross-on and choppy.

Then we hit a long, dry spell. There's nothing at all worth jumping in for through the rest of that week. The swell stays stubbornly small and the wind keeps messing things up.

The next event isn’t until Sunday morning, September 6th. The swell picks up to 5 ft from the north, period a short 6 seconds, with moderate energy (291). But look at the wind: a gentle southerly offshore. That sets the break up clean. For a fairly exposed point, this is your best bet by a long shot. It’s one to circle, but that afternoon the wind shifts sideshore and ruins it.

After that, it’s another long stretch of dross. Small swells, onshore winds, nothing happening. There’s a tiny pulse of 1 ft to 3 ft later in the second week, but it’s all blown out or too small to bother with. Monday morning, September 14th, sees a tiny 3 ft pulse from the north-east with a 7-second period and glassy conditions (combined energy 76). It’s another "surfable but ordinary" window, but after this drought, it might be all you get.

The standout: It’s got to be Sunday morning, September 6th. That 5 ft north swell with the clean offshore wind is the only proper session of the whole outlook. It’s not huge, but it’ll be lined up and rideable at Wategos.

So, as Rusty would say: keep the board waxed for that Sunday morning, but be prepared for a whole lot of nothing outside of that one window. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing weird there.

Rusty.

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