Chicahauk Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I gotta be straight with you – things are looking pretty slow around here for a while. We’ve got a long stretch of messy, small, and blown-out conditions. The water temp at Chicahauk is sitting at 81°F, which is about what you’d expect for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Looking at the whole 16-day run, there’s a whole lot of nothing happening until the end of July. From the 23rd right through to the 29th, we’ve got a run of poor surf – that’s a solid week of tiny, short-period windswell, onshore or cross-shore winds, and a lot of chop. Not worth paddling out.

We finally get a tiny glimmer on the morning of the 30th of July. The wind drops to glassy, and there’s a small 2ft SSE swell (combined energy of 92) rolling in. It’s small, and the waves are nothing special – just ordinary, rideable conditions. It’s a chance to get the board wet if you’re desperate, but the 8-second period means the waves will be a bit weak and shapeless.

Thursday morning the 1st of August is clean again with a cross-offshore light breeze, but the swell is just 2ft – not much to work with.

Then into Sunday the 2nd of August, we see a bit of a pulse. The combined energy jumps to 100 on the morning, still only 3ft, but then the afternoon pushes up to 4ft with a combined energy of 234. It’s the biggest swell we see in the whole outlook, coming from the SSE. But the wind is a light cross-shore, and the period is still a short 8 seconds. It’s only a marginal call. It might be a fun little session at the sandbar if the sand has held, but don't expect any standouts.

Monday the 3rd of August morning is glassy with a 3ft SSE swell (combined energy of 121). Again, clean but small. You could get a few.

To be honest, the best on offer in this whole 16-day window is a toss-up between the glassy morning of the 30th of July and the bigger, but more mixed, Sunday afternoon on the 2nd of August. Neither is a true standout. For the first week and a half, you’re better off doing something else. The back half of the outlook from the 5th of August onward has a little more swell around 4ft to 4ft, and some offshore or clean windows on the 6th and 7th, but the period is really short (5-6 seconds) which is just weak, bumpy windswell.

Keep an eye on it, but don’t plan your week around it.

Rusty.

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