Chicahauk Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you. Looking at the next couple of weeks for Chicahauk, it's a pretty tough run. We've got a long stretch of nothing but ordinary or poor conditions, and it takes a while before anything even looks surfable. The water temp is sitting at 82° right now, which is about average for this time of year.

The problem is the swell. For the first week or so, we're looking at tiny waves, mostly under 2ft, with short periods. The wind is often messy too—cross-shore, cross-on, or just straight onshore. There's a real gap here; from now through to the end of the first week, there's just no surf worth talking about.

Around Tuesday the 18th, things finally show a little pulse. We get a glassy morning with the wind dropping to zero at Chicahauk and a combined swell energy of 70 (weak). It's surfable but very ordinary. Tuesday afternoon sees a bump of 3ft from the north, but again, it’s just ordinary. That's not a recommendation, just the first time you could get wet without it being completely pointless.

Moving into Wednesday the 19th, there's a bit more energy in the water. The swell height holds at 2ft to 2ft, but it's got some period now—13 to 12 seconds—making it a groundswell. The combined energy jumps to 175 (moderate) on Wednesday morning and 245 (moderate) on Wednesday afternoon. The problem is the wind. It's light cross-on or light cross, and the wave comment calls it "marginal." The swell direction from the ESE is not a match for the optimum E direction for Chicahauk, so the shape won't be great.

Thursday the 20th is back to poor conditions despite some reasonable swell energy (170-172), and the ESE wind is onshore again.

The best we get in this whole 16-day window looks to be Friday the 21st afternoon. We get 3ft from the north, with a clean cross-off wind from the SSE. The combined energy is 97 (weak), so it's not powerful, but that offshore wind should clean it right up. It's small and weak, but it's the cleanest looking window for a small wave session. Don't expect much push, but at least the surface will be good.

That's about it. Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd have similar small, weak swells with moderate winds. The best bet is that Friday afternoon the 21st if you are desperate for a clean, small wave roll. Everything else is either too small, too windy, or both.

Rusty.

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