Zepotonengo Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk about Zepotonengo. It’s a beginner-friendly break, pretty consistent, and exposed to the south-west. The water temp is running pretty standard for this time of year, so no need to dig out the 5 mil just yet.

We’ve got a bit of a slow start here. The first real call is Friday morning, August 14th. It’s not going to be epic, with a modest 4ft of SW swell rolling in and some light cross-onshore breeze making it a little bumpy. The energy is moderate at 1203, but the conditions are just okay. Friday afternoon sees a touch more size at 5ft, but that onshore wind kicks up and it gets a bit messy.

The real standout for the first week is Saturday morning, August 15th. The swell pushes up to 5ft from the SW with a solid 16-second period, and it’s dead glassy. This is your clear morning. For a beginner break, 5ft is pushing it, but for anyone with a few sessions under their belt, this is the best on offer. The energy is strong at 1200, and with no wind, it’ll be clean.

Sunday morning, the 16th, is also worth a paddle. Swell drops slightly to 4ft, but it's still SW and glassy. It’s a good option, but not quite the standout Saturday is. The mornings through Monday and Tuesday will see the swell ease back to 4ft, but they stay glassy and clean, offering some fun, small waves for working on your turns. This run of clean mornings continues through Wednesday morning, the 19th, before the wind swings onshore and things get poor for a few days.

We hit a rough patch from Wednesday afternoon through to about Friday the 21st. The swell gets a bit jumbled, the wind turns stormy, and the conditions are just poor. Not worth the drive.

Look further ahead, and there’s another promising window. Saturday, August 22nd, starts off with a glassy morning, but the swell is only 3ft with a long 16-second period. It’s clean, but small.

The next true standout comes in the second week. Sunday, August 23rd, is messy, but Monday the 24th has a glassy morning with 2ft of solid, long-period SW swell. It’s small and clean, a real groveler’s day.

There’s another very clean, glassy morning on Wednesday the 26th with 2ft of swell, and again on Saturday morning, August 29th. That day the swell is back up to a more fun 4ft, with a 14-second period and a light offshore touch. That’s looking like a solid pick for the second week, though at this range we should treat it as promising rather than a sure thing.

So, to wrap it up: you’ve got two mornings to circle on the calendar. Saturday, August 15th, is the pick of the first week, and Saturday, August 29th, is the one to watch for the second week. Everything else is either small, windy, or just not worth stressing about.

Rusty.

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