Avalon 15th Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s get into it for Avalon 15th Street. I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – the next 16 days are a tough slog. Most of the first week is a total non-event.

Starting Tuesday August 11th, we’ve got tiny 1ft SSE slop with a 6-second period – combined energy is just 10, which is basically nothing. Wind is light and cross-off in the morning, so it’s clean, but there’s zero to ride. That repeats Wednesday and Thursday. The energy nudges up to 14 on Wednesday afternoon, but it’s still poor.

Friday the 14th brings a small improvement: 1ft SSE, 6-second period. The afternoon sees an offshore NW wind at 12 mph, and the energy climbs to 19. It’s clean, but tiny. Saturday the 15th afternoon is glassy – 1ft SSE, energy of 15 – but it’s flat.

Sunday the 16th and Monday the 17th are messy. Sunday has onshore wind from the S at 9 mph, getting uglier with 16 mph cross-on in the afternoon. Monday morning shows a flicker: 3ft S swell, 7 seconds, offshore WNW wind at 12 mph, energy hitting 59. It’s clean, but short period. The best of a bad first week.

Tuesday the 18th onward, the period jumps to 14-15 seconds – real groundswell – but the height stays tiny: 0.7ft to 2ft. Combined energy hits 93 on Wednesday the 19th morning, and 146 that afternoon – that’s moderate. But the wind is onshore from the SE and the swell is too long for a beach break. The lines will go straight and feel weak.

In the second week, Saturday August 22nd looks like the best session overall. Morning sees 4ft S swell, 5-second period, energy of 86, with a clean cross-off wind from the WSW at 9 mph. It’s the biggest of the run. The afternoon gets bigger at 5ft, but the wind turns onshore from the SSW at 12 mph and it gets choppy. For beginners, that morning size is fine. For anyone else, the quality is still poor.

Tuesday the 25th has another clean window: 3ft S swell in the morning with a strong 16 mph offshore WNW wind, energy of 55. The afternoon cleans up more with 4ft and light wind, energy hitting 121 – moderate. Again, short period, beach break. You might get a few but don’t expect much.

If I had to pick the best, it’s the morning of Saturday the 22nd, or the afternoon of Tuesday the 25th. But both are poor quality. The cleanest with the most energy are the afternoon of the 19th (3ft, 11s, SE, light wind, 146 energy) and that Tuesday afternoon (4ft, 5s, S, clean, 121 energy). Not firing. This is a real dry spell for the paddle crew.

Rusty.

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