Waverly Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. This is a tough one to call. The next couple of weeks at Waverly are looking pretty flat for the most part. We’ve got a long stretch of tiny, weak swell and there’s no real stand-out session to get excited about for a while. The water temp is sitting at 78°F and that’s 6°F warmer than usual for this time of year, so it’s feeling more like a warm bath than your typical September. That’s very unusual.

We kick off Thursday morning, September 3rd, with a tiny 1ft SE swell pushing in at a short 9 seconds. The combined energy is only 45 (weak). Wind is light and cross-off from the WSW, so it’s clean, but it’s just too small to bother with. That theme sticks around all day and into Friday – still 1ft from the SE, period dropping to 8 seconds, energy even lower at 22. Wind is offshore from the WNW, so it’s clean, but the power is just not there. Saturday is the same story with a pathetic 1.0ft swell from the S and a period of only 6 seconds. Just not worth paddling out.

Sunday the 6th sees a little bump in height, with 4ft from the ENE, but the period is a terrible 5 seconds and the wind is a messy cross-shore from the NE at 16 mph. The combined energy climbs to 66, but it’s still weak. The surf is poor and choppy. Monday morning offers a brief window of hope: 2ft from the E with a period of 11 seconds and clean conditions with a light NNW breeze. The combined energy is 83 (weak). It’s surfable, but very ordinary. That’s as good as it gets for the first week, and it’s nothing to write home about.

From there, it’s a long, dry run. We’ve got days of 1.0ft to 2ft swell, with short periods and mostly messy wind. Tuesday the 8th is clean but tiny. Wednesday the 9th is cross-shore slop. Thursday the 10th brings a bit of a spike: 5ft from the SSW with a 7-second period, and the combined energy jumps to 257 (moderate). The wind is cross-off from the WSW at 19 mph, so it’s clean, but with that short period and a beach break setup, it’s going to be a lumpy, close-out mess. Honestly, this one looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The rest of the second week – from the 11th through the 18th – is a wasteland. Swell heights hover between 0.7ft and 2ft. Periods are short, usually 6 to 10 seconds, although the 17th and 18th see a long-period groundswell of 13 seconds, but it’s only 1.0ft. The wind is often offshore, keeping the surface clean, but there’s no wave energy to work with. The combined energy values are all in the teens, twenties, or low forties – weak. Nothing changes.

There is no standout day. The best you can hope for is Monday morning, September 7th, with that 2ft, 11-second groundswell. It’s a long-period swell, so it might show a little bit of shape at the breakwater, but at 2ft, it’s barely a ripple. If you’re desperate for a paddle and a clean surface, that’s your window. But don’t expect a proper wave.

Look, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – this is a blank run. A long one. It’s not unusual for this area to go quiet, but it’s a bummer when it lines up like this. Keep your eye on the charts, because it tends not to stay this poor for long, and forecasts can change. But for now, save your energy.

Rusty.

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