Windansea Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s chew the fat on what Windansea is serving up.

The next two weeks are a bit of a rollercoaster, but there’s a couple of sweet windows. The water is a toasty 73°, which is a good chunk warmer than usual for early September – about 5° above the norm. That’s a real bonus.

Friday the 4th morning is where I’d be pointing the car. We’ve got a clean 3ft southwest swell with a very long 17-second period. The combined energy is moderate at 624, and the wind is light offshore from the west. That’s perfect, clean reef conditions. It’s not a monster, but the quality from that long period swell will be there. Expect nice shape.

Saturday the 5th is the other real highlight. The swell builds to 4ft from the south in the afternoon, with a 13-second period and still light offshore winds. The energy jumps to a strong 1082. This is probably the biggest, most powerful surf of the whole outlook. It’s solid but not insane.

Now, the caveat hits Sunday the 6th. The swell is up around 6-6ft from the south-southwest, but the wind swings to the northwest at 12 mph, cross-onshore. The energy is strong, over 1100, but it gets choppy. The quality drops.

From Monday the 7th onward, we’re stuck in a pattern. The swell stays around 5-6ft, but the wind is consistently from the northwest, either cross-onshore or onshore, making things lumpy. The energy stays high but the wave comment calls it marginal. By Wednesday the 9th, the size drops to 5ft and the period shortens to 11 seconds. The wind goes light offshore again, but the energy has faded to 614.

Then the wheels fall off. Thursday the 10th the swell drops to 3ft, and by the 11th it’s 3ft with a choppy northwest wind at 12 mph. The wave comment says poor. From the 12th through the 17th, we’re in a flat spell. Heights barely hit 2ft, and the energy drops well below 400. This is a proper lull.

There’s a tiny blip on Monday the 16th with a 4ft west swell, but it has a short 8-second period, so it’ll be weak and crumbly. The week of the 18th sees a little pulse back to 3ft with long 18-20 second periods and light offshore or light cross-onshore winds. It’s still marginal.

So my take: hit Friday the 4th morning or Saturday the 5th afternoon. That’s the cleanest, most energetic window we’ve got. After that, you’ve got a long, flat stretch until maybe the 18th, but that’s a long way out and not certain.

If the wind stays up, some of those choppier days might be more fun on a kite.

-Rusty

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