Apache Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty checking in.

Honestly, looking at the next sixteen days here at Apache Pier, it’s a rough stretch. The forecast is a total bust for quality surf. We’ve got a real dry spell on our hands.

The first couple of days, starting Saturday the 1st, are a write-off. Tiny, weak swell coming in from the SSE and SE, with onshore winds messing it up completely. The combined energy is a measly 21 (on Saturday morning) to 36 (Saturday afternoon), which is just pathetic. The water is sitting at 84°, which is about a degree and a half warmer than usual for this time of year, so at least it’s not a cold rinse, but that’s the only positive.

Sunday the 2nd sees a bit of a bump in size, with swell around 4ft to 5ft from the SSE and S, and the energy climbs into the moderate range (161 on Sunday morning). But the wind is a cross-onshore mess, and the wave comment says it all: “poor surf conditions.” The period is short too, around 6 seconds, so it’s just lumpy, weak, wind-affected junk.

The whole first week is littered with risk of t-storms, moderate to fresh cross-onshore breezes, and tiny swell. There’s a brief moment on Tuesday morning the 4th where the wind goes cross-offshore from the WSW and conditions clean up, with a combined energy of 149. But the swell is only 4ft from the S with a 6-second period, and the overall score is so low it’s barely surfable.

After that, it’s a long, grim run. The swell drops off a cliff, with heights barely reaching 2ft to 2ft, and the energy figures are in the teens and twenties. The wind is rarely favorable. We get a brief clean window on Thursday the 13th morning with a light offshore from the NW, but the swell is a tiny 1ft from the SSE. That’s not enough to push a ripple.

The only other clean-ish moment is on Wednesday the 12th morning with a cross-offshore wind from the WSW, showing a combined energy of 103, but again, the swell is a weak 3ft from the SSW. It’s not enough to get excited about.

Honestly, for the whole 16-day window, there’s not a single standout. The best you could hope for is a small, clean wave on Tuesday the 4th morning, but even then, it’s a beginner-level ankle-snapper. The set-up is a sandbar, so with this kind of weak, short-period swell and the constant onshore wind, it’s more of a kite-surfing breeze than a paddling surf.

No point sugar-coating it. This stretch is a blank. Hang loose, and check back in a few days.

Rusty

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