Chicahauk Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. This is Rusty, and we’re lookin’ at a pretty quiet stretch ahead for Chicahauk. Don’t get your hopes up just yet.

The whole 16-day window is a flat, sleepy affair. There are a couple of moments where it’s surfable, but nothing you’d paddle out for unless you’re desperate. The best we can say is that this spot stays clean most mornings, even if the swell is tiny.

We start Monday 20th July – small, ankle-biters at best. The wind is light, cross-off from the WNW in the morning, so the water looks clean, but the swell is anemic at 1 ft from the SE. Period’s short at 8 seconds and the energy is weak (23). Tuesday 21st is no better – morning has a bit more wind but still just 1 ft SSE swell. Afternoon sees a big jump in wind (28 mph from the SSW), but that only chops up the 0.3 ft leftovers. Not worth a second look.

Now, Wednesday 22nd July is our only real standout, if you can call it that. The morning has offshore wind (WSW, 22 mph) and the swell nudges up to 3 ft from the SSE. The energy climbs to moderate (130), so there’s a bit of push. It stays clean, but it’s still small and the wave comment says “poor surf conditions.” By afternoon, the swell hits 4 ft from the S, period still short at 8 seconds, and the energy hits 223, which is solid moderate. Wind is cross-off, so it’s clean. This is the pick of the whole forecast – small but clean at a sandbar break. If you’ve got a log, you might find a couple. Just know it’s still "marginal."

From Thursday 23rd right through to the end, it’s cross-on winds, lumpy, choppy, and swell stays under 5 ft. Energy drops back to weak (82, 68, 28…). A few mornings like Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th July are glassy offshore clean, but the swell is barely 1 ft. Wednesday 29th July morning has a little life – 2 ft from the SE, clean, gentle breeze – but it’s still ordinary. Even the long-range period around Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th August stays flat, with 1 ft ENE swell despite a long period of 10 seconds.

Bottom line: Wednesday 22nd July is your best shot – clean, cross-off, 4 ft S swell at the sandbar. But it’s a marginal, small-wave day for intermediates. The rest is mostly a write-off. For kite surfers, when the wind is strong and the surf is poor (like Tuesday 21st or Wednesday 22nd afternoon), the setup might be more interesting for kite than paddle.

Stay patient, folks.

– Rusty

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