Apache Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty. Let’s cut to the chase and look at Apache Pier for the next couple of weeks. It’s a bleak stretch, and there is honestly no truly good surf on the radar. The swell is small to non-existent, and the wind is mostly working against us. We’ve got a long flat spell on our hands.

The next week is almost entirely a write-off. We start Thursday with a tiny 2ft of short-period swell, but a cross-onshore breeze is going to make it a choppy mess. Water temps are a warm 83°F, which is about average for this time of year. The wave energy is pathetic at 44 – just a whisper.

Friday and Saturday are even smaller, with ankle-slapers around 1ft. We get a brief glassy window on Saturday morning, but with next to no swell, it’s just flat and clean. Sunday morning gets a cleaner look with a cross-offshore wind, but it's still only 1ft and the energy climbs to a still-weak 51. It’s a better look, but there’s nothing to push you around.

The next week doesn’t offer much hope. We see a bump on Saturday the 19th, with 3ft of short-period easterly swell and a clean, light cross-offshore wind. The energy gets into the moderate range at 102. For the first time it might be surfable on a longboard, but it’s the best of a bad bunch, not a standout. It gets chopped up again by the afternoon.

The real energy shows up around the 22nd and 23rd with swell getting to 5ft and the energy jumping to a strong 605 on the 23rd morning. However, the 22nd is a total lumpy mess with 35 km/h cross-onshore winds. The 23rd morning cleans up with a strong cross-offshore breeze, but you’re looking at 6ft of short-period, junky east swell. That’s clean but rough and tumble, and definitely too much for beginners. It’s the biggest and the best of the whole window, but I wouldn’t call it good. It’s going to be a bit of a battle out there.

The final day we have on record, the 25th, drops back to tiny 1ft with a clean offshore wind, another tease.

So here’s the bottom line: there are no real “go” days here. This is a proper two-week flat spell. The only day that gets close is the morning of the 23rd, but even then, it’s not a classic. It's for the die-hards only. It’s one of those stretches where you’re better off finding something else to do until the charts start showing some life again. Forecasts can change, but for now, I’m not getting my hopes up.

Rusty

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