Apache Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what we’ve got cooking over the next couple of weeks at Apache Pier.

Honestly, it’s a pretty flat and messy run for the most part. We’re looking at a long stretch of tiny, weak, and mostly onshore swell. The water temp is sitting at about 83°, which is pretty average for this time of year, nothing unusual there.

For the first week, from the 28th of August right through to the 1st of September, it's a real desert. We’re talking knee-high slop at 1 foot out of the SE with a short period around 8 seconds. The combined swell energy is barely registering—in the teens and twenties (17-22). To make matters worse, most of the time we’ve got cross-onshore or cross winds messing it up. There’s a glassy moment on the morning of the 30th and 31st, but even then the swell is just too weak to do anything with. Scores are all zeros.

We finally get a little glimmer of hope on the 2nd of September. Wednesday morning brings a slight bump up to 2 feet from the SSE with a jump in period to 11 seconds, and the combined energy hits 80. The wind goes light cross-offshore, making things clean. It’s surfable, but only just. The afternoon goes back to crud.

The next few days, from the 3rd to the 8th, we’re back in the doldrums. The swell drops back down to pathetic levels, with a lot of short-period wind slop from the SSW around 4 to 5 seconds. The energy figures are pathetic—mostly in the 20s and 30s. Thursday the 3rd has some glassy conditions in the morning, but again, with only 1 feet on offer, it’s not worth paddling out for. There’s a clean session on the morning of the 7th with a cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is a tiny 2 feet.

Now here’s the one standout worth mentioning, but it’s a long way off. On the morning of the 9th of September, we see a pulse of longer-period groundswell. The swell hits 2 feet from the SE with a very long period of 13 seconds. The combined energy jumps up to 209, which is the only moderate reading in the whole forecast. The wind is light cross-shore. This setup should actually produce some cleaner, more defined lines at Apache Pier. However, it’s a long-period swell, so it could break a bit straight at this beach and pier setup, but it’s definitely the best bet on the board.

After that, it fades back to tiny, weak conditions for the 10th, 11th, and 12th of September with nothing worth writing home about.

So, to sum it up: The first week is a complete washout. The 9th of September is your only real hope, and it’s a long-range call, so keep an eye on it. Even then, it’s not going to be epic, just the best of a pretty poor bunch.

Rusty.

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