Chicahauk Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the menu down at Chicahauk. It’s a sandbar setup, exposed to the east, fairly consistent, so it usually needs a bit of encouragement. Right now, though, we’re in a bit of a flat spell. The first week is pretty grim—tiny leftover energy, mostly under 2ft and short period. Weak wave energy (values like 55, 37, 42). The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing weird going on there.

Saturday the 29th is a write-off – thunderstorms about, onshore wind, just messy. Sunday the 30th morning could give you a tiny 1ft ESE swell at 9 seconds, but it’s cross-offshore and clean. Still, it’s weak (42) energy and just knee-high. Not one to get excited about. That little window of clean, glassy conditions on the morning of Tuesday the 1st of September is about as good as it gets in this first week – but it’s still only 1ft and the energy is feeble (23). The crowds at Chicahauk are sometimes an issue, but with surf this small, you’ll likely have it to yourself.

Now, Wednesday the 2nd of September morning is where we finally see a pulse. The swell bumps up to 3ft from the ESE with a period of 10 seconds. That’s a modest groundswell, and the energy jumps to moderate at 118. The wind is light and cross-offshore, so it’ll be clean. This is the standout of the first week: still small, but rideable and glassy.

Thursday the 3rd morning keeps the offshore wind but the swell drops back to 2ft. Still clean, but barely a ripple.

Then there’s a gap. From Friday the 4th through to Monday the 7th, it’s mostly onshore, cross-onshore, or just tiny junk. Energy drops to single- or low-double digits. Nothing worth the paddle.

Things get a bit more interesting again on Monday the 7th afternoon. A short, lumpy 3ft from the south with moderate energy (130) but it’s cross-onshore and choppy. It’ll be a mess.

The real standout of the entire 16-day window? Wednesday the 9th of September morning. We get 3ft from the ESE at 11 seconds – a real touch of groundswell. The energy is solid moderate at 163. The wind is onshore, which is a shame, but the period is long enough to push some shape into the sandbar. It’s not perfect, but it’s the most juice we see. After that, it’s back to small and average, with a nasty 5ft short-period windswell on the 13th that’s all chop and onshore storm.

Honestly, this is a lean run for Chicahauk. Nothing big, nothing clean for long. The one morning to pencil in is Wednesday the 9th of September for a low-key session on a longboard, if you can handle a bit of bump. The rest is mostly a blank run, which is pretty normal for this stretch of sandbar when the swell doesn’t line up.

Rusty.

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