Waverly Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on offer around Waverly. Honestly, the next couple of weeks are a real mixed bag, but mostly a quiet one. The swell is going to be small and weak for the bulk of the period, so you’re going to be waiting a while for anything worth paddling out for.

We start off this Saturday the 8th and it’s pretty grim. Tiny 2ft S swell with a short 5-second period and a cross-off breeze. That’s weak energy (49) and just poor surf. This pattern hangs around for days. Sunday the 9th, Monday the 10th, Tuesday the 11th – it’s all tiny, weak swell with periods under 8 seconds and poor conditions. The only glimmer is Tuesday morning when the wind goes glassy, but with a 2ft swell (energy of just 20), it’s barely a ripple.

We have a real flat spell here. Wednesday the 12th through to the morning of Tuesday the 18th, it’s all 0.7ft to 2ft swell with very weak combined energy – mostly under 100. There are a few moments of clean, glassy conditions, like Wednesday morning the 12th with a gentle offshore, and Tuesday morning the 19th with a glassy surface, but the swell is just too small to surf.

Now, there is a bit of a pulse building. By Thursday the 20th, we start to see a longer period SE groundswell (12 seconds) pushing in. It’s still small, 2ft to 2ft, but the energy jumps to moderate levels (165-188). The wind is light and cross-off, so it’s clean. The report calls it “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” so it’s better than nothing, but nothing to get excited about.

The best of the lot looks to be Friday the 21st. We see a bigger SE swell – 3ft in the morning and 4ft in the afternoon – with a solid 11-12 second period. The combined energy hits a moderate 242-328. The issue is the wind. It’s cross-on and then cross with a risk of thunderstorms. That’ll chop it up. For a more exposed break like Waverly, that setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

After that, the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd has some clean windows with lighter winds, but the swell drops back to 2ft-3ft and the period drops to 8-9 seconds. Energy is moderate (103-128) but the surf quality is still described as poor or ordinary. The water temp is 77°, a touch warmer than normal for the time of year, so you won’t need a thick wetsuit.

So, if I had to pick the standout, it’s a real long-range promise. The morning of Thursday 20th August (that’s over a week away) has the cleanest conditions with that building groundswell, and the Friday 21st has the most size, but the wind is rough. Honestly, nothing here is a true standout. The better windows are likely to be Thursday 20th and Saturday 22nd afternoons when it’s clean with a small, rideable wave. But it’s a quiet outlook overall. Keep an eye on it, forecasts change.

Rusty.

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