Chicahauk Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – for the next week and a half, it’s pretty quiet here at Chicahauk. A long run of small, weak, and poorly-directed leftovers means you can almost leave the board in the shed. But there’s a couple of standouts later in the window that look worth circling on the calendar.

Right now, and right through the first week of August, we’ve got tiny swell – mostly around 1ft to 2ft – coming from the SE with short periods between 6 and 8 seconds. That’s barely enough to push through. Combined energy is low, sitting under 50 most sessions. And the wind isn’t helping much: cross-on breezes, sometimes choppy, occasional cross-off cleaner spells. Still, the water’s about average for the time of year, so at least you won’t freeze waiting. The first real flicker of hope comes Saturday morning, the 8th of August, with a solid bump in size and a big jump in quality.

Now, the standout – and I mean, the *standout* – is the 9th of August, Sunday morning. We’ve got a 5ft groundswell rolling in from the ESE with a nice long period of 11 seconds. The combined energy pushes up to 676 (moderate to strong), and the wind is light offshore from the WSW – glassy, clean conditions. This is proper surf, the kind that peels and holds shape. It’s at the intermediate level, fairly consistent, but with that clean offshore, it’s going to be well worth the wait. Just keep in mind that with this longer-period groundswell, a sandbar setup can sometimes be a bit straight – but the wind should help keep things lined up.

After that, Monday the 10th also looks punchy – similar size and direction, another morning with light offshore winds. But by the afternoon the wind shifts onshore, and from Tuesday the 11th, we lose the clean wind completely. The swell hangs around a bit (5ft to 6ft), but the onshores from the E and ENE chop it up, and the quality drops out fast. By the end of the window, it fades back to small and weak.

So there you have it – a long flat spell, but a proper little window from the 8th through the 10th. Keep an eye on the 9th especially. Later calls are a bit less certain, but if the wind plays ball, it could be the best we’ve seen in a while.

Rusty.

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