Caspar Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get stuck into what Mother Nature’s got cookin’ for Caspar Creek.

Straight up, I gotta be honest with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a proper session at Caspar Creek. We’ve got a whole bunch of onshore wind in the forecast, and it’s blowing straight across the face of the swell, making a mess of things. The water temp is sitting at about 57°, which is pretty much what you’d expect for this time of year, nothing wild there.

We’re starting off Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st with some small, weak WNW swell, around 3 ft to 3 ft, but the wind is crossing it up with a cross-onshore breeze. The wave energy is weak, sitting at 313 on Thursday morning, but it’s just not clean. We’re looking at poor surf conditions and a score of zero across the board for these first few days. You’d be better off polishing your wax than paddling out.

Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd see the swell size bump up, hitting 6 ft on Sunday morning with a short 8-second period. The combined energy climbs into the moderate range (551), but that pesky NW cross-onshore wind is still howling. All that power is being blown out. It’s just not surfable.

Monday the 24th has a weird moment: a 4 ft NW swell with a bit of a lull in the wind, but the conditions are still only described as marginal. Not something to get excited about.

Now here’s the tiny glimmer. On Tuesday the 25th, around afternoon, we get a shift. The wind drops to glassy conditions. The swell is just 2 ft from the SW with a very long 16-second period. The wave energy is moderate (268). This is the closest we get to something rideable all week, but honestly, "surfable but very ordinary" is the call. For a spot like Caspar Creek that can be consistent, this is a real bummer.

Looking further out into the first week of September, the size gets a bit bigger, hitting 8 ft by the 29th and 30th of August, and even 8 ft again on the 31st. But the cross-onshore wind just doesn’t let up. With that short 7 to 8-second period and the chop, it’s gonna be a washing machine out there. That kind of power and poor quality makes it look more interesting for kite surfing than for proper paddle surfing.

Honestly, folks, the surf outlook here is a blank run. There isn’t a single standout session in the whole 16-day window. The wind is the enemy, and it's winning. We'll have to hope the forecasts change, because right now, it's not looking good.

Rusty.

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