Caspar Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what's on the cards for the next couple of weeks around Caspar Creek. It's a bit of a mixed bag, so let's break it down.

Right off the bat, the water at Caspar Creek is sitting at 53°F and that's a whopping 6°F colder than usual for this time of year. That's a proper chill, so you're gonna want a thick wetsuit.

The first few days are looking pretty grim. We've got some knee to waist-high swell from the WNW, around 6ft to 6ft, but it's all blown out by cross-onshore winds and the wave energy is just weak to moderate (764 down to 130). This stretches from Thursday the 3rd all the way through to Wednesday the 9th of September. There's a long gap of flat, messy conditions with nothing worth paddling out for. The only slight glimmer is on the morning of Friday the 4th with a clean offshore wind, but the surf is still marginal.

Then, we get a little pulse of hope. On Thursday the 10th of September, the morning is looking clean with a nice cross-offshore breeze from the NNE. The swell is small, only about 3ft, but it's a long-period groundswell from the SW at 17 seconds. That's got some real energy behind it (513). This is your best shot for a glassy, albeit small, session.

After that, it's back to the struggle. The weekend of the 12th and 13th sees some bigger swell, with chest to head-high waves (7ft) on Saturday afternoon, but it's all cross-on and choppy. On Sunday the 13th, the wind is up to 16 mph from the NNW, making it a mess. This pattern of moderate to poor, choppy conditions holds through the second week. There's no standout day that really fires, just a lot of onshore slop with moderate to strong wave energy (up to 1260) but no quality.

Honestly, if you're desperate for a paddle, aim for the morning of Thursday the 10th. Otherwise, it's a waiting game. With the constant cross-onshore winds and messy surf, this stretch is looking more interesting for the kite crew than us paddle surfers.

Rusty.

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