Whitesand Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Well, grab a coffee and settle in, because this is a tough one. I’m Rusty, and I’ve been staring at the charts for Whitesand Bay and, honestly, it’s a pretty bleak 16-day outlook. The forecast opens with a long stretch of poor conditions, so don’t bother suiting up just yet.

From Sunday the 26th through to Saturday the 1st of August, it’s a write-off. We’re talking about a solid week of messy, wind-affected dribble. The swell is all short-period windswell, mostly under 3 ft, and the wind is constantly cross-on or onshore, making it a choppy, frustrating mess. The combined wave energy is weak, mostly sitting in the double digits. You’d be better off washing the car.

We finally get a proper window on Sunday the 2nd of August. The morning is the absolute standout of the entire forecast. It’s a real surprise. A clean, 4 ft groundswell from the WSW, with a nice long period of 9 seconds, wraps in. The wind is a light ESE, which is cross-offshore, leaving the surface glassy and clean. The combined energy is a solid moderate 287, and it’s the only time in the whole run the model says “expect good surf conditions.” This is the one to chase. The water temp is about average for the time of year at 61°F.

Now, a word of warning: by Sunday afternoon, the wind swings SW and the swell jumps to 6 ft, but it gets lumpy with the cross-on breeze. The consistency at Whitesand Bay is “fairly consistent,” and it’s a beginner-friendly spot, but on that Sunday morning, it’ll be a joy for anyone who can paddle into a 4 ft wave. If you’re a beginner, hold off – anything over 5 ft is getting a bit hefty.

After that magic window, it all goes pear-shaped again. Monday the 3rd is a cross-shore chop, and Tuesday the 4th is a howling mess with fresh cross-shore winds and rain showers. The middle of the week is flat and forgettable.

Looking further out, there’s a tiny flicker on Thursday the 6th of August. The afternoon shows a 8 ft SW swell, but it’s rated as marginal. The wind is light, but the swell is powerful with a combined energy of 509. At 8 ft, this is for experienced surfers only, and the light cross-on wind could still keep it reasonably clean. It’s a long way out, so treat it as a promising but uncertain possibility.

The end of the forecast is a bigger, more powerful pulse. On Friday the 7th of August, the morning shows a 10 ft WSW groundswell with a period of 9 seconds. The combined energy is a massive 1767, a very strong swell. But the wind is howling onshore at 19 mph, turning it into a washing machine. This is strictly for experts with a death wish, and honestly, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. Saturday the 8th is just as gnarly with near-gale force winds.

So, to wrap it up: the only true standout is Sunday morning, the 2nd of August. If you can get out then, do it. The rest of the 16 days is a battle against the wind and choppy, weak surf. That’s the long and short of it.

Rusty

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