Apache Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be honest with each other: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and grim around Apache Pier. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and wind-affected surf ahead, and it’s going to be a battle to find anything worth paddling out for. The water’s warm at 84°F, which is about 1°F above the norm for this time of year—nothing crazy, just a touch toastier than usual.

Right now, Wednesday morning is about as good as it gets, and that’s saying something. We’ve got a tiny 3ft SSE swell with a 6-second period, and the wind is glassy out of the NW. The energy is weak at 52, so it’s not going to be punchy, but at least the surface is clean. This is a sandbar break, consistent, but honestly, these are just ankle-biters. Thursday and Friday are a write-off – onshore cross-winds, chop, and the swell drops even further. Forget it.

The weekend, the 8th and 9th, brings a slight bump in energy on Saturday afternoon with a 3ft SE swell and 8-second period, but it’s cross-onshore and chopped up. Not worth your time. Sunday is a complete dud – tiny and criss-cross winds. We’re in a proper dry spell here.

There’s another attempt at life on Wednesday the 12th morning. A 3ft SSW swell with clean, cross-offshore winds from the WSW. It’s still weak, with energy at 84, and the period is short at 5 seconds, so it’ll be soft and a bit crumbly. It’s surfable, but it’s not going to win any awards.

We’ve got a long gap of poor conditions after that. Keep an eye on Saturday the 15th morning – a 4ft S swell, clean with light WSW winds. But again, the energy is modest at 85 and the period is 6 seconds. The 16th and 17th have some clean windows, especially Monday the 17th morning with a 3ft SSW swell and light offshore NNW wind, energy at 92. These are all “surfable but very ordinary” conditions—glassy, but weak and gutless.

So, here’s the reality. There’s no standout swell in this entire 16-day window. Everything is under 5ft, so no danger for beginners, but also nothing with any push. The only real highlight is Wednesday morning’s clean, glassy start, and maybe that clean stretch on Sunday the 16th and Monday the 17th, but don’t expect any barrels. The setup is more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer—small waves and onshore wind in the afternoons will keep the boards on the beach. Hang tight, this blank run is just what this area does sometimes. Forecasts change, so don’t write it off completely.

Stay salty,
Rusty

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