Apache Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it.

Right, we’ve got a bit of a tough stretch coming up here, my friends. The outlook for Apache-Pier is pretty quiet for the next week and a half. We’ve got a long gap of poor conditions ahead before we see anything worth getting the board wet for.

Honestly, for the first week and a half, we’re looking at a frustrating run of minimal, weak swells and messy winds.

Starting from Sunday the 23rd of August right through to Tuesday the 1st of September, it is a write-off. The swell is tiny, mostly around 2 to 3 feet, and the period is usually a short 4 to 5 seconds, so there’s just no push. The combined energy is weak, mostly in the 20s and 30s, barely a whisper in the water. The wind is all over the shop, too, mostly cross or cross-onshore, keeping it choppy. It’s just poor surf all round. Even that glassy morning on Tuesday the 25th with a 2 feet swell, the energy was so low it didn’t matter. A real tease.

There’s a tiny bit of hope on the very first day, the 23rd, with light cross-off winds and a little 2 feet swell from the south, but the energy is so low and the thunderstorms are a risk, so it’s nothing to get excited about.

We finally get a crack on the morning of Tuesday the 1st of September. The water’s about 85°F, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year. We have surfable waves but they are “very ordinary”. The swell is about 1 feet from the southeast with a period of 15 seconds, so it’s a long-period groundswell, which is more promising. The energy is finally starting to build, hitting 80. The wind is light and off-shore from the west-southwest, making it clean. It’s tiny, but it’s the best we have seen in days.

But the real stand out, the best on offer by a long shot, is the morning of Wednesday the 2nd of September. It’s glassy, flat calm. The swell is the same: about 1 feet from the southeast with a 13-second period, but the combined energy bumps up to a moderate 105. That’s the best energy in the whole window. It’s going to be clean as a whistle, with proper lines, but it’s still small. This is one for your longboard or a foily.

There are a few mornings around that time, like Wednesday the 2nd, Friday the 4th, and even Monday the 7th of September, where the wind is off-shore or clean, but the swell just doesn’t have enough size to make it a true highlight. That Wednesday morning is the pick.

It’s not a total loss across the whole 16 days, but you’ll be waiting patiently. The consistent nature of the break here means it’ll come good again, just not this time around.

Stay stoked, hard yards now.

Rusty.

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