Windang Island Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next week and a half is going to test your patience. We’ve got a long stretch of poor, messy conditions at Windang Island, with very little on offer. For the first several days, it’s a whole lot of nothing.

We kick off from Saturday, August 15, with a small cross-shore breeze messing up a weak 4.3ft SSE swell (280 combined energy). It’s a write-off. Sunday and Monday aren’t much better – the swell drops and the wind turns cross-onshore, leaving the place choppy and uninviting. By Tuesday, August 18, the surf is almost non-existent, with tiny 1.3ft waves and an onshore breeze. This is the low point.

There’s a brief flicker of hope on Wednesday morning, August 19. The wind goes glassy and we get a clean 3.6ft SE swell (266 combined energy), but it’s short-lived and still pretty small. That’s about as good as it gets for the first week. We then fall back into a few days of tiny, cross-shore slop, with some offshore wind but no swell to show for it.

Then things start to get interesting. Saturday afternoon, August 22, the swell jumps to 6.6ft from the south (518 combined energy), but a fresh cross-shore wind ruins it. The real turning point comes on Thursday, August 27. The swell is pushing 9.8ft from the ENE in the morning, but it’s wild and lumpy. However, by the afternoon, the wind swings offshore from the WNW, and the surf cleans up beautifully – 8.2ft of ENE swell (884 combined energy) with clean, offshore conditions. This is the standout session of the window. Big, powerful, and clean. For experts only, mind you – this is well over 8ft.

Friday, August 28, offers more of that same ENE swell (472-479 combined energy) with offshore wind in the afternoon, staying solid at 6.6ft. Then, the best of the bunch for the second week: Saturday morning, August 29. We get 8.2ft of NE swell (1458 combined energy) and a solid offshore breeze. This is a big, strong, clean day for experienced surfers. It’s our other standout, but it’s a week and a half away, so treat it as promising rather than guaranteed.

The wind stays offshore into Sunday, August 30, but the swell fades to around 3.3ft. So, in short: hang tight through the poor run, and if you’re an experienced surfer, circle Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning on the 29th. The water temp is 64.2°, which is about normal for this time of year.

Windang Island is a reef and point setup, so that long-period groundswell from the SSE on Monday, August 24, is worth a mention – it’s a 20-second period, which is very long and will break a bit too straight for the beach, but this spot can handle it. Just don’t expect much.

Alright, keep it salty.

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