Boscombe Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, this is Rusty, and I gotta tell you, the next couple weeks are looking like a long, drawn-out battle for a crumb. The first week is just rough – lumps, bumps, and onshores ruining everything.

Water temps are a super warm 69°F, which is a good 7°F above normal for this time of year. That's unusual, we're talking seriously warm water.

Your best bet in the short run, and I mean the only real standout, is the morning of Monday, August 31st. We get a 6ft WSW swell with a 9-second period. The energy is moderate at 682, and more importantly, we get a cross-off wind. It'll be clean, but the guidance says marginal due to tide or break conditions. If you only get one surf in this week, make it that one. The afternoon drops to 5ft.

After that, it's a wasteland. From the 1st through the 7th, it's small, messy, and blown out. We get some size on the 2nd (5ft to 5ft) and the 4th (6ft to 6ft), but the wind is garbage – cross-shore and onshore chop. That's a solid week of poor surf, which is a bummer.

We finally see a period of glass on the morning of Tuesday, September 8th. Wave height is a tiny 1.0ft with a long 11-second period, but the wind is glassy. It's clean, but it's a dribbler. Still, the comments say it's surfable.

The rest of that week stays small, with a few clean mornings on the 9th and 11th, but nothing with any power. All the energy readings are weak, under 100.

For the second week, the swell tries to pick up again around the 13th and 14th of September. It gets to 5ft, but the period is a short, crumbly 5 seconds, and the direction swings to the east. It's going to be a chop fest, no shape to it at all. The energy is moderate, but it's just not a good surf swell for us. We need a longer period and a more westerly angle.

So, the bottom line is this: It’s a waiting game. The one window that really stands out is Monday morning, August 31st at Boscombe Pier. Go get it while it's clean. The long-range stuff in the second week is promising but much less certain. It might look better, but for now, I wouldn't hold my breath. This place can turn around quick, so don't lose hope. I'll be watching.

Rusty, out.

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