Waverly Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Waverly over the next couple of weeks.

To be straight with you, it’s a long, flat spell ahead. The entire 16-day window is a tough one with no real surf on offer. The swell is just too small and weak to get excited about, and the energy in the water is almost non-existent. We’ve got a solid 14-day gap with no worthwhile waves, and even when we get to the very end, it’s still not great.

For the first week and a half, from the morning of August 6th right through to the afternoon of August 19th, the swell barely scrapes past 2 ft, with periods hanging around 4 to 7 seconds. The combined energy is mostly in the teens and twenties, which is weak. The water at Waverly is sitting at 77°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only highlight.

The winds are mixed, but it doesn’t matter because there’s just no push. You’ll see some clean conditions with light offshore breezes, like on the morning of the 12th (NW, 9 mph) and the 15th (NNW, 9 mph), but it’s still tiny. The swell direction is mostly from the S and SSE, which is not ideal for this breakwater spot that prefers a SE swell.

Things try to pick up a little around August 20th. The morning of the 20th shows a 3 ft swell from the S, with a poor 4-second period, and the combined energy is still only 53 – weak. The afternoon bumps up to 4 ft from the S, with a 6-second period and energy hitting 102 (moderate wave energy). Winds are cross-off from the SW at 12 mph, which keeps it clean, but the period is short and the quality is still poor. This is not a stand-out.

Then on the 21st, we see a glassy morning with a 2 ft SSE swell and a 6-second period, energy at 51. The wind is dead calm, so it’s clean, but again, too small and weak.

The only slight glimmer is that the swell direction on the 17th and 18th shifts to SE, which is the optimum direction for Waverly. The periods stretch to 9–10 seconds, which is better, but the heights are only 1.0–1 ft. The energy is still in the teens. It’s just not enough to get a wave.

There is no standout session here. For a breakwater, the setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer on the 20th when the wind is up and the swell is a bit bigger, but for paddle surfing, it’s a write-off. The forecast can change, and it tends not to stay this poor for long, but for now, leave the boards in the car.

Rusty.

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