Bud Bud Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, the lads and ladies are probably wondering what’s on the menu at Bud Bud. Let’s be straight with each other – the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat for the most part. We’ve got a long, quiet stretch ahead with only one real moment where it might get interesting, and that's a long way off. Don't get your hopes up for any consistent action here.

The water temp is sitting at about 71°, a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, so the wetsuit might be a bit more forgiving than normal, but that's the only easy thing about this outlook.

We start this Friday the 11th with scraps. Tiny swell around 1 ft, not directional help from the west, and a cross-on wind making a mess of things. Saturday the 12th brings a total glass-off in the morning, but the swell is still next to nothing at 2 ft. It looks nice on the surface, but you’ll be floating around waiting. It’s a long straight run of weak energy through to the middle of the next week. The combined swell energy stays in the double-digits and low triple-digits, barely hitting 100 (like 66 on Friday morning, then 33 on Saturday morning). Nothing has any power.

Sunday morning the 13th is glassy again, with 1 ft of west swell and a long period of 12 seconds, so the odd clean little wave might roll through, but it's only rated as surfable but very ordinary. It's about as good as it gets until much later. Monday the 14th morning shows a clean offshore breeze from the east, but the swell is still a weak 2 ft. Same deal.

After that, the wind turns onshore or cross-shore for days, and the swell doesn't push above 4 ft until the very end. The energy does bump up a bit on the 16th and 17th, hitting 284 and 146, but it's all crossed up and choppy – poor conditions.

We finally see a pulse of life on Friday the 25th. The morning shows a 4 ft swell from the west, but here’s the kicker – it’s a *very* long period groundswell at 15 seconds and the combined energy is a massive 1044. That is some serious power winding up. The morning is glassy, with an east-southeast breeze, making it clean. That raw energy hitting a beach setup? It could be a handful. With that period, it’ll be moving fast and the sets will be fat. It’s rated as excellent for experienced surfers, and that’s about the only standout on the whole board. That afternoon the wind turns onshore and it’s gone again. For the rest of the run the energy drops back to low numbers.

So, the real story here is a long, quiet wait for that Friday the 25th morning. It's promising but that’s two weeks out, so keep an eye on it. Everything else is a no-go.

- Rusty

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