Chicahauk Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's take a proper look at what Chicahauk has on the table for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, we’re looking at a pretty quiet start. The first week is mostly small and sloppy, with hardly anything worth paddling out for. The first couple of days, Monday and Tuesday of the 24th and 25th, we’ve got tiny swell – barely 1ft to 1ft – mixed with onshore or cross-shore winds. It's just not happening. Wednesday and Thursday try to tease us with a bit of a pulse, but the periods are short and the wind chop is messy. Thursday morning the 27th offers a tiny window: 2ft from the east with a clean, glassy feel thanks to a light cross-offshore breeze from the SSW, but it’s pretty forgettable.

We hit a real dry spell from there through the end of August. Saturday morning the 29th is the only highlight, with the wind going glassy around that tiny 2ft swell, but the energy is weak (60) and it’s short period, so you might get a couple of grovelly ones if you’re desperate. Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st stay small and mostly messy.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting. We finally get a taste of something real as we roll into September. Tuesday morning the 1st is the first genuine standout. Chicahauk sees a 2ft easterly swell, but it’s a proper groundswell with a 15-second period and the combined energy jumps way up to 222 (moderate wave energy). This will give the waves some shape and push, and the wind is light offshore from the southwest – clean as a whistle. This is the best session of the forecast so far. It’s a bit small sure, but the quality is miles above anything else we’ve seen.

Things get a bit shaky for the next day or two with onshore winds and a cross-chop, but then we get another solid window. Thursday morning the 3rd of September is the real prize. The swell bumps up a touch to 3ft from ESE, still with a nice 12-second period, and the energy is sitting at 268 (moderate wave energy). The wind? Glassy, from the SSW. That means perfectly clean lines. This is your best bet for the whole forecast. Get on it.

After that, the middle of September gets messy again. The swell height actually builds over the weekend of the 5th and 6th, hitting 5ft and 6ft from the northeast, but the wind turns howling onshore, strong breeze, and the period drops right off. That setup will be a washing machine – honestly, better suited for kite surfing than a regular paddle board. There's no quality in that.

Looking further out to the second week, the water temperature is sitting at a balmy 82°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least you won't need a rubber.

We finish the forecast with a return to cleaner conditions. Tuesday morning the 8th of September brings another offshore wind (WSW, 20 km/h) with a 3ft easterly swell, and a 10-second period. The combined energy is sitting at 202 (moderate). It won't be the stand-out of the 3rd, but it’s clean and rideable, a nice way to wrap things up if you missed the earlier windows.

Overall, this is a slow start with a couple of sweet, clean windows early in September. The 1st and the 3rd are your go days. There's some bigger, ugly swell in between, but for clean waves, don’t sleep on those glassy mornings.

Rusty.

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