Chicahauk Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s look at this 16-day stretch for Chicahauk. The water’s sitting at a toasty 83°, which is a good 6° warmer than usual for this time of year, so it feels like a hot tub out there. But the waves? They’re mostly just not happening. The combined swell energy is weak, hovering around 37 (units) at the start, barely enough to get a ripple through. The first real chance to even paddle out doesn’t come until Wednesday morning, the 9th of September, but even then it’s just small 2ft surf from the southeast with a weak 7-second period and a combined energy of just 46 (units). The wind is light and cross-offshore, so it’s clean, but the waves are ordinary. It’s a “surfable but not worth rushing for” kind of morning.

Then we get a bit of a break on the 14th of September, Monday morning. The swell is still tiny at 1ft from the east-southeast, with a 9-second period and combined energy of 43 (units). The wind is light and cross-offshore again, so it’s glassy and clean. It’s surfable, but again, very ordinary. Nothing to get excited about.

The most promising window comes on the 16th of September, Wednesday. The morning has a 4ft swell from the north-northeast, with a short 6-second period and combined energy of 114 (units) – that’s moderate energy, finally. The wind is light and cross-offshore, making it clean. This is the best on offer, but it’s still a short-period, jumbled swell. The afternoon sees a drop to 3ft, and the wind picks up to a fresh 19 mph from the south-southeast, which is cross-offshore but bumpy.

Then on the 21st of September, Monday morning, we see a 5ft swell from the north with a 6-second period and combined energy of 183 (units). The wind is offshore from the west-southwest at 12 mph, so it’s clean. This is the biggest swell of the whole period, but the short period means it’s going to be a bit fat and crumbly, not the best shape. The afternoon ramps up to 6ft from the north-northeast, with combined energy jumping to 316 (units) – that’s moderate to strong energy. The wind is cross-offshore from the south, so it’s still clean, but it’s a marginal forecast with storm risk, so don’t get your hopes up too high.

Between the 9th and the 14th, there’s a gap of nearly five days of poor surf, and then another gap between the 16th and the 21st. The overall pattern is weak, with only a couple of ordinary windows. For a dedicated surfer, the best bet is the morning of the 16th for the clean, moderate energy, or the morning of the 21st for the bigger but shorter-period swell. It’s not a classic run.

Rusty

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