Caspar Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey everyone, Rusty here. Let's break down Caspar Creek for the next couple weeks.

The first ten days or so? Pretty grim. There's swell coming through, but the wind is locked in from the northwest, blowing cross-onshore and making a mess of everything. It’s going to be choppy and lumpy. Water temp is 57°F, right where it should be for this time of year.

From Sunday the 26th of July, we start with small, weak waves (combined energy 114) and it just gets worse from a quality standpoint. The swell builds through the week, hitting 8ft by Thursday the 30th with strong energy (676), but those winds at 12 to 19 mph ruin any chance of a clean wave. This nasty pattern holds all the way into the first week of August. Even the bigger pulses—like the 10ft NW swell on Saturday the 1st of August with a massive energy reading of 1250—will be blown out. Honestly, this stretch looks more fun for kite surfing than a traditional paddle session.

But hang ten, because the light at the end of the tunnel is real. On Sunday the 9th of August, the wind finally lets up. We get a big 10ft groundswell from the NW, with a period of 10 seconds and massive energy (1546). The standout moment is Sunday afternoon, when the wind goes glassy at just 3 mph from the southwest. This will be the best session of the whole outlook. Clean, powerful, pumping. This is for experienced surfers only—10ft is serious, and that long period makes it more critical at a sheltered spot like this. You can expect some crowds for this one.

And if you can handle more, Monday the 10th of August in the afternoon looks even bigger. An 12ft NW swell (2331 energy) with perfectly glassy conditions. This is it. The one to circle on the calendar. After all that onshore junk, we get a golden window of big, clean surf. Just be smart out there.

Rusty out.

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