Waverly Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Look, I gotta be straight with you – the next 16 days at Waverly are a tough watch. There's just nothing coming together. The numbers are all zeroes across the board for scores, and the wave comment screams "poor surf conditions" for almost the entire run. We're looking at a proper drought.

It all kicks off Saturday morning the 22nd with a tiny, weak 1ft swell from the ESE, but it's onshore with light rain and no power behind it (34 combined energy). That theme sticks. Sunday the 23rd brings a bit of a bump to 2ft from the S, but the period is a short, weak 5 seconds, so it's all chop and no shape. The wind is cross-offshore, which is nice to see, but the swell is just too junky to bother with. The water temp is sitting at 79°F, which is a whopping 5°F warmer than usual for this time of year – you'll be sweating in your wettie, or more likely just sitting on the sand.

Monday the 24th through to Wednesday the 27th are all desperately small, with heights bouncing between 1ft and 1ft. There's a tease of clean, gentle offshore winds on the mornings of the 24th and 25th, but the swell is just flat grass. The energy readings are all in the weak 20s and 30s – total lack of push.

Thursday the 27th afternoon sees a jump to 3ft from the SE with a period of 9 seconds and a moderate 177 energy reading (just into the moderate bracket), but the wind is onshore, ruining any hope. Friday the 28th morning is the absolute best of a bad bunch. We get 2ft from the SE (9 sec period) with a cross-offshore breeze, and the wave comment finally changes to "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions" – a score of 1. The energy is weak at 80. If you're desperate for a paddle, that's your window, but don't expect anything you'd call a good wave.

After that, it's back to the doldrums. The last week into early September shows a few pops in energy – like Tuesday the 1st of September morning hitting 4ft from the ESE with 201 energy (moderate) – but the wind is cross-shore and there's a risk of thunderstorms. The swell period on Wednesday the 2nd finally stretches to 11 seconds, a sign of some longer-period groundswell, but it's not clean. There's a brief glassy moment on Thursday the 3rd of September morning, but the swell is only 2ft and fades fast.

Honestly, this is a blank run. For a wave to be a stand out round here, you need a solid swell, clean wind, and a decent period. None of those boxes get ticked together. Even the few minutes of "surfable" conditions are so average they're not worth calling a standout. For a breakwater spot like Waverly that's fairly exposed, it's a frustrating wait. The setup might actually look more interesting for a kite session on those windy, choppy days than for a surf.

Stay patient, the forecasts can always change, but this stretch looks cooked.

Rusty.

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