Widemouth Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's take a look at what we've got for Widemouth Bay.

Right, it's a quiet start for the surf here, honest. The first week or so is pretty flat. We're looking at tiny, weak waves from the 24th of August through the end of the month, nothing really worth paddling out for. The swell energy's low, and conditions are messy with onshore winds most of the time.

Things start to pick up a little towards the end of August and into the beginning of September. We see swell heights bumping up, but the wind's a real problem. Most of the time we've got a strong wind from the west or southwest, smashing into the coast. That's going to make it choppy and lumpy. For a beginner spot like Widemouth Bay, that pretty much kills the fun. On the 31st of August, we get some bigger swell building, over 5 ft, but it's blown out by a fresh onshore wind.

The first few days of September see the swell get bigger, with waves well over 6 ft. On the 3rd of September, you're looking at 8 ft waves coming from the WNW, with a combined energy reading of 1004 – that's strong. But it's still onshore or cross-onshore wind, so it'll be a messy, walled-up mess. Probably more of a kite-surfing show than a paddling session, to be honest.

There's one little glimmer in the very long-range. On the 7th of September, we've got a 4 ft swell from the west with a long period of 14 seconds and light offshore winds. The combined energy is a solid 772, showing there's some real push. That's a window where it might actually get a bit clean, especially in the morning. It's a long way out, so treat it as a hopeful maybe, but it's the closest thing to a wave we're going to see that's not completely trashed.

Overall, it's a pretty poor outlook. There are no standout days. The wind just won't let anything clean up properly until maybe that second Monday, and even that's not guaranteed. Stick to the logs for now.

Rusty.

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