Woodlands Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the table for Woodlands Beach over the next couple of weeks.

Straight up, I gotta be honest with you – this is a tough stretch. We’re looking at a real flat spell with hardly any energy in the water. The whole 16-day window is basically one long, drawn-out lull. There isn’t a single day where I’d say “get in the car, it’s on.” The combined energy values are tiny, mostly sitting between 2 and 52, which is weak to very weak. Don't expect much more than ankle-to-barely-knee-high dribblers.

The first real chance for anything comes on the morning of Thursday the 10th, but even then it’s just 1 foot of swell from the NNE. The period is around 10 seconds, so it’s a bit of a weak groundswell, but combined energy is only 22, and the conditions are labelled “poor surf.” The wind is a fresh offshore from the east, so the surface will be clean, but there’s simply no wave to ride. That pattern pretty much holds all the way through.

Over the weekend, Friday through Sunday, it’s the same story. Tiny swell heights between 0.7 feet and 1 feet, period dropping to 8-10 seconds. The wind stays offshore or cross-offshore, so it’ll look clean and glassy, but you’ll be paddling for nothing. The energy levels barely tickle 40. It’s frustrating for sure.

We get a tiny bump around Monday the 14th and Tuesday the 15th, with the combined energy hitting 52 on Monday morning, but the swell height is still just 1 feet. The period is short – around 9 seconds – so it’s weak, local windswell really. Still clean with the offshore breeze, but no real push.

The rest of the window, from the 16th right through to the 25th of September, is more of the same. Swell heights stay under 2 feet, periods are all over the place, some longer period stuff sneaks in around 12 to 15 seconds, but with no height it just means you’ll see a slightly cleaner bump every 15 minutes. Combined energy rarely breaks 40. The offshore winds are consistent though, so if you absolutely need to get wet, it’ll be a glassy, Zen-like paddle with barely a ripple to ride. It’s not surf, it’s a meditation session.

In short, for Woodlands Beach, this is a blank run. No standout days, no hope of a decent wave right through to late September. The winds will be clean, but you need water moving to surf. It is what it is. Forecasts change though – it never stays this flat forever.

Rusty.

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