Californias Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Californias. Gotta be straight with you – this is a tough one. The next 16 days are looking pretty flat and frustrating for the most part. There’s a real dry spell coming, with a few days of nothing worthwhile before we even start.

The first real chance to get wet doesn’t look promising. We’ve got a pulse of swell on the 5th, but it’s a messy one. Saturday morning brings a 8ft swell from the NW, with a period of 11 seconds, and a massive 1254 (moderate wave energy) behind it. But here’s the problem – the wind is howling onshore from the WSW at 19 mph, turning it into a complete washout. By the afternoon, the swell drops to 4ft, but the wind is still cross-onshore.

Sunday the 6th offers a little hope. The morning shows a clean 3ft from the N, with a period of 10 seconds. The wind is offshore from the NE at 19 mph, so the surface will be glassy. The energy is a weak 177, but it’s clean. The afternoon sees a bump to 4ft from the NNE, still clean with a cross-off breeze. By Monday the 7th, the morning stays clean with a 4ft NNE swell, gentle breeze, and 284 energy. Still, nothing is scoring well here.

The real bummer is that from there, it just fades out. From Tuesday the 8th all the way through to the 19th, the swell drops into the tiny stuff. We’re looking at swells of 2ft, 1ft, 1.0ft – barely a ripple. The wind is often clean or offshore, but there’s just no power. The energy numbers are mostly in the double digits, well under 100. There’s a brief flicker on the 14th with a 3ft swell from the east and 185 energy, but it’s very ordinary.

Water temp at the start is 83°, which is about normal for the time of year.

There’s no standout window here. If you’re desperate, Sunday the 6th morning is the cleanest you’ll see it, with some offshore wind on a tiny wave. But for the love of surfing, this is a time to fix your dings, watch the cams, and wait for a better forecast. This stretch is a blank run, and it’s not uncommon for this area to go quiet like this.

Rusty.

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