Bikini Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’ve got a look at what’s coming our way.

To be brutally honest, the next couple of weeks are a real mixed bag. We kick off with something on Tuesday morning the 8th, but honestly, it’s pretty weak. We’re looking at a south-southeast swell around 3ft with a short period of 9 seconds, and while the wind is offshore from the north at 6 mph, the combined energy is only 147 – that’s weak energy. The waves are clean, but there’s just not much push to them. Don’t expect much more than a knee-high dribble.

That little blip fades fast. Wednesday and Thursday see the swell drop to barely 1-2ft. The wind stays light and offshore in the mornings, which is nice, but there’s just no power. The combined energy values are down in the 40s and 90s. It’s a glassy, tiny situation.

Then we hit a rough patch. From Friday the 11th all the way through to Tuesday the 15th, it gets messy and blown out. Winds shift onshore and get strong, especially Saturday the 12th when a south-southeast wind hits 18 mph and the swell jumps to 8ft. The combined energy hits 835 (moderate) and 981 on Saturday afternoon, but with that wind it’s just a washing machine. This is strictly expert territory, and even then, the quality is terrible. Honestly, for a few days there, the beach and point setup at Bikini looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing given the wind and chop.

There’s a bit of a pause after that. Wednesday the 16th sees some messy cross-onshore wind again, but the swell is tiny.

The light at the end of the tunnel comes around Friday the 18th of September. We start to see a return of clean conditions. The morning has a gentle offshore wind from the north at 9 mph, with a 3ft south-southeast swell, period 9 seconds, and a combined energy of 116. Still small, but it’s clean again. The real standout is Saturday the 19th of September. The morning brings a clean, gentle offshore wind from the north-northeast. The swell drops to just 1ft, but the period stretches out to 13 seconds – that’s very long period groundswell. The combined energy is only 63 (weak), so it won't be powerful, but that long period will give it some shape. This is a promising but less certain call being a week and a half out. That kind of period tends to break better at the point setup at Bikini. It’s going to be clean, small, and for the advanced crew who can get the most out of a tiny wave.

The rest of the window just fizzes out into tiny, poor conditions with onshore wind.

So, the only real window to get excited about is that Saturday the 19th. It’s the cleanest, most promising wave of the whole 16-day run, even if it’s tiny. The rest we just have to wait out.

Rusty.

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