Avalon 15th Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s have a look at what’s happening over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you — it’s a pretty quiet stretch for Avalon 15th Street. We’ve got a long gap with barely any surf worth paddling out for, so don’t get your hopes up too early.

The water temperature is sitting at about 76°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year — so at least it’ll feel nice if you’re just floating around.

From right now, Wednesday the 19th of August, all the way through to the end of August, the swell is tiny — mostly under 2 ft — with short periods, weak energy, and a lot of messy wind. The combined energy is mostly in the low double digits (34, 32, 13, 9, 29, 19, 41, 18, 11, 18, 23, 29, 22, 23, 25, 34, 27, 40, 35, 44, 41, 38, 31, 53, 82, 98), so it’s weak to very weak the whole way. The wind is mostly cross-off or cross-onshore, with a few glassy moments on Saturday afternoon the 22nd and Sunday morning the 30th of August, but even then the swell is just too small to do anything with. There’s a bit of a clean-up on the 28th and 29th with light offshore and cross-off breezes, but still only about 1 ft of swell. Not worth suiting up for.

Now, after that long dry spell, we finally see a glimmer of something on Tuesday the 1st of September. The afternoon shows moderate combined energy at 142 (moderate), with 2 ft swell from the ESE and a cross-off breeze — clean conditions, but the comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” It’s not a standout, but it’s the first time in the whole outlook that the score isn’t zero. The swell period is 8 seconds, which is short, so don’t expect much power. The wave state is clean, which is a positive, but it’s still pretty small.

After that, Wednesday the 2nd of September morning has 2 ft from the ESE, period 11 seconds, and a clean cross-off wind, but the energy drops to 97 (weak) and the score is back to zero. The afternoon turns onshore and messy. Thursday the 3rd of September is a write-off with onshore winds up to 19 mph and tiny swell.

So, honestly, there’s nothing here that I’d call a proper standout. If you’re absolutely desperate, the Tuesday 1st of September afternoon window is the only one that even gets a “surfable” tag, but it’s not going to win any awards. The rest of the 16 days is a total blank for quality surf. Keep an eye on the forecasts — things can change, but right now, it’s a tough stretch for Avalon 15th Street.

Rusty.

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