Apache Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. I’ve looked at the forecast for Apache Pier, and honestly, it’s a tough stretch. The next 16 days are looking like a real quiet period, with nothing that’s going to get anyone too excited. We’re talking about a long, flat run here, so don’t hold your breath for any waves worth paddling out for.

The combined swell energy is weak across the board, with values mostly in the double digits, like 71 or 36, and never cracking the 100 mark. That’s barely a ripple. The water temp is sitting at a warm 84°F, about 1°F above average – so it’s a nice, normal bath for the time of year, just no surf to go with it.

We start off on Thursday, August 6th, with a tiny 3ft swell from the southeast, but it’s a short-period 6 seconds and the wind is onshore. The waves are just poor. Friday the 7th offers a little spike in energy to 169 on the afternoon, with a 3ft southeast swell, but the period is still short at 8 seconds and the wind is cross-onshore. It’s still just messy, ordinary surf. The whole first week is like that – tiny, choppy, and with cross-onshore or onshore winds spoiling everything.

The only glimmer comes mid-week, on Wednesday morning, August 12th. We get a clean 3ft swell from the southwest with a light cross-offshore wind. The wave comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” and the score is a 1/10. That’s the best of the lot, but it’s honestly not worth rushing for. The combined energy is only 51, so it’s weak.

The rest of the 16 days is a write-off. There’s a stretch from August 13th through to the 21st where the swell hovers around 1ft to 2ft, with winds that are either cross-offshore (clean but tiny) or cross-onshore (choppy and messy). On the 18th, we get a glassy morning with an easterly wind, but the swell is a pathetic 2ft from the east with a period of just 4 seconds. It’s flat. The combined energy is 39.

For a beginner spot like Apache Pier, the swell never gets above 5ft, so it’s never too big, but it’s also never worth paddling out. The lack of consistency and the constant poor conditions mean this is a pretty normal, blank run for the area. Sometimes it just goes quiet, and the forecasts can change, but right now, there’s nothing to chase.

Rusty.

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