Chicahauk Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey folks, Rusty here. Let’s talk about the next 16 days at Chicahauk. I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough stretch. The wave energy is just not there. We’re looking at a long, drawn-out period of tiny surf with barely a ripple worth paddling for. The first real chance at anything rideable doesn’t come until the 31st of July, and even then it’s a struggle.

The water temperature is sitting at 78°, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year, so you might want a thin spring suit.

Right out of the gate, Friday the 31st of July, we’ve got a tiny 1ft swell from the SE with a short period of 8 seconds. The wind is cross-on from the ESE at 9 mph, making it choppy. The combined energy is weak at 26, and the score is a flat zero. Not worth your time.

Saturday the 1st of August starts with a clean, glassy morning, but the swell is a pathetic 0.7ft. The wind is a light offshore from the S at 3 mph, but there’s nothing to ride. The afternoon gets worse with a strong 19 mph cross-shore wind making a mess of the 1ft bump.

Sunday the 2nd and Monday the 3rd see a slight bump in size, with the swell hitting 4ft to 5ft on Monday afternoon, but the period is short (6-8 seconds) and the wind is howling cross-off at 22-25 mph. The combined energy does climb to 273 on Monday afternoon, which is moderate, but the conditions are so poor that the score is a zero. It’s clean but blown out and messy.

The rest of the first week and into the second week is a desert. From Tuesday the 4th all the way through to Tuesday the 11th of August, the swell stays under 3ft, mostly under 2ft. The wind is often cross-off or offshore, keeping things clean, but there’s just no wave to surf. The combined energy stays below 100, which is weak. The only glimmer is on Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th, where the score reaches a 1, meaning the waves are just barely surfable but very ordinary. On the 5th afternoon, there’s a light offshore wind from the SW at 6 mph and a 3ft swell from the SSE, but the period is only 6 seconds, so it’s a gutless, weak wave. The combined energy is only 78.

Then from the 11th to the 15th of August, we get a bit of a longer-period swell (12-15 seconds) from the ENE, but the size is tiny (2ft or less) and the wind is mostly cross-on or onshore, making it choppy and poor. The water temp anomaly hasn’t been recorded in the later data, so we can’t compare.

The absolute best of a bad bunch – and I’m stretching here – is the afternoon of Wednesday the 5th of August. It’s a 3ft swell from the SSE with a light offshore wind, giving clean conditions. But the period is a short 6 seconds and the combined energy is a weak 78. It’s surfable, but only just. The other slight highlight is the morning of Saturday the 15th of August, with a 1ft swell from the SE at 9 seconds and a light cross-off wind from the SSW. Again, clean but tiny.

No standout sessions here, folks. This is a lean run. The forecasts can always change, but for now, the board stays in the car.

Rusty.

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