Waverly Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you—looking over the next 16 days for Waverly, it's a pretty quiet run overall with a long wait for anything worthwhile. The first half of the outlook is grim, with barely a ripple and poor conditions keeping the scores at zero. There's a sizeable gap with no recommendations until we hit the start of September, so don't get your hopes up early.

Things finally start to turn around on Thursday the 3rd of September into Friday the 4th, and that's where the only real standouts sit. For the rest of it, you're looking at tiny swell, short periods, and onshore wind messing things up. The water temp is sitting at around 77°, which is a solid 4° warmer than usual for this time of year – we're in for a warm one, that's for sure.

Through the end of August and into the very start of September, it's mostly tiny 1 ft to 3 ft slop with periods all under 8 seconds. The wind is all over the place, often onshore or cross-onshore, and the combined energy stays low – we're talking 15 to 68 in the energy reading, which is weak. You get a bit of a cleaner look on Sunday the 23rd with some light offshore breeze, but the swell is just 2 ft from the SSE with a short 6-second period. Not worth paddling out for.

There's a real gap here with no decent recommendations right through until the afternoon of Tuesday the 1st of September. On that afternoon, we get a pulse building – swell hits 4 ft from the east with a period of 6 seconds and the energy reading climbs to 134 (moderate), but the wind is a gentle cross-shore, and the quality is still poor. The next morning on Wednesday the 2nd shows 4 ft and energy pushing 197, but it's still rated marginal. Not quite there.

Then it happens. Thursday the 3rd of September morning brings 5 ft swell from the east with a period of 9 seconds, and a clean cross-offshore wind from the north at 9 mph. Energy jumps to 599 – strong wave energy. This is the good stuff. But the standout is Thursday afternoon: 5 ft from the east-southeast, period of 9 seconds, and the wind goes glassy from the east at only 3 mph. Energy is a solid 680. Expect very good, clean surf. This is the best call of the whole period.

Friday the 4th morning is also a winner – 6 ft from the east-northeast with an 8-second period and glassy conditions, zero wind. Energy is 563. That's a proper clean groundswell, but it's a beach break setup here, so the long-period swell (8 seconds is on the longer side) might make it a little straight, but still fun. For a break that is very consistent and fairly exposed, this is the moment. Crowds are "sometimes" an issue, so you can expect to share the waves, especially when it looks this good.

So to wrap it up: don't even bother until Thursday the 3rd. Thursday afternoon and Friday morning are the two standout sessions – clean, glassy, solid east swell around chest to head-high, and good energy. The rest of the window is a write-off. Keep your gear ready for that window. Rusty out.

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