Campus Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surf’s up, let’s talk about what’s on the menu for Campus Point. It’s gonna be a slow burn for the next week and a half, so don’t get too amped just yet. The water’s sittin’ at 69°, which is way warmer than it should be for this time of year, so that’s a nice bonus while we wait for the ocean to wake up.

We kick things off this Friday the 7th with pretty weak stuff. We’re looking at ankle-biters around 1ft, with a long-period SW swell, but there’s just no push. The energy is weak, only around 151 in the morning, and the wind is a cross-shore, messing up any chance of a clean wave. It’s a paddle, not a surf. The afternoon cleans up a bit with a cross-off breeze, but it’s still small and unremarkable. This pretty much sets the tone for the next several days. We’re going to see a lot of mornings with light cross-shore winds and afternoons with cleaner conditions, but the swell just doesn’t have any size. Expect dribblers in the 1ft to 2ft range through the weekend and into next week. Some glassy patches on Monday the 10th will be nice, but there’s just not enough wave to get excited about.

The energy will start to build slightly around the middle of next week, but the surf stays small and pretty ordinary. It’s not until Friday the 14th in the afternoon that we see a little bump in energy, hitting 305, and the conditions finally line up. The wind goes cross-off and it cleans up, but we’re still only looking at 2ft. It’ll be a fun little wave on a longboard, but nothing to call home about.

The first real standout of the period is shaping up for Saturday the 16th. The swell bumps up to 3ft and, more importantly, the energy is solid, hitting 348 in the morning and staying strong in the afternoon. The wind is cross-off both sessions, so it’s going to be clean. This is our first real taste of proper surf. The direction is SSW, which is a little off the W optimum for the point, but it should still wrap in with some shape. This is the day to get wet.

After that, things settle back down for a few days, with the usual small, clean afternoon sessions. Then we get to the big one. The long-range forecast is showing a solid pulse for Friday the 21st. The swell jumps to 3ft in the morning and then really pushes through the afternoon, hitting 6ft with a WNW direction. The energy is strong, hitting 455, which is the biggest reading in the whole forecast. But, and this is a big but, the period is only 6-7 seconds, which is short-period, wind-driven stuff. It’s going to be lumpy, and that bigger size will make it a handful. It’s a promising sign, but with that short period, it might be more of a messy, closing-out session. The morning of the 22nd still has some punch with 4ft, but the period is still short, then it backs way down again in the afternoon.

Overall, if you’re chasing quality, your best bets are the clean, glassy mornings or the cross-off afternoons when the swell is in the 2ft to 3ft range. The standout day is definitely Saturday the 16th for clean, fun waves. The bigger stuff on the 21st looks powerful, but that short period is a real wildcard. It might be more for the kites out there than the surfers if it gets too messy.

Rusty

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