Crow Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a proper paddle. Crow Point (sheltered) is the only spot on the map, and she’s a rare one—a point break that doesn’t show its face all that often. The water’s running a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, coming in around 65°F, so at least you won’t be freezing while you’re staring at the flatness.

Right now, we’ve got a stubborn run of tiny, weak surf. This Saturday afternoon (August 8th) there’s a knee-high 0.7ft ripple with a long 9-second period, but it’s pretty gutless with only 8 units of energy behind it. The wind is a light cross-offshore, which is decent, but there’s just nothing to ride. Sunday is even smaller, a miserable 0.3ft, and the wind swings onshore in the afternoon, chopping up what little there is. Monday brings a slight bump to 2ft in the morning, but it’s short-period and weak, still not worth the drive.

We’ve got a stretch of several days here with nothing but tiny, poor surf—a real blank run. The energy stays in the single digits to low tens, and the swell direction is mostly out of the west, but it’s all too feeble. The first faint glimmer of hope shows up on Wednesday, August 12th. The morning pushes 2ft from the WSW with a slightly better 10-second period and the energy jumps to 104, which is at least moderate. It’s surfable but very ordinary. Thursday the 13th looks a bit better again, with 3ft of WSW swell and a longer 11-second period, giving us 187 units of energy—the most we’ll see for a while. The morning has a clean cross-offshore breeze, and this is probably the pick of the first week, but it’s still small and the point is inconsistent. Don’t expect a classic.

The rest of the week is a mess of cross-shore and cross-on winds with small, weak waves. Friday into Saturday is all under 3ft and choppy. Then it drops right back down to nothing for a few days, with very little energy to speak of. It’s a bleak outlook.

Looking further ahead, into the second week, there’s a sign of a slightly more robust pulse around Wednesday, August 19th. We see the swell nudge up to 4ft from the west, with a 7-second period, and energy at 138. But the wind is cross-shore and the period is short, so it’ll be lumpy and uninviting. Thursday the 20th has a similar 4ft swell, but again, the short period and cross-shore wind will make it a mess. It’s bigger, but not better that way.

Sorry to say it, but there’s no standout day in this whole run. The conditions never line up with any real size or power. The better windows, like Thursday morning the 13th, are just too small and inconsistent to get excited about. Honestly, if you have a kiteboard, the days with more size and onshore winds later in the period will be far more interesting than anything for a surfboard.

Keep the faith, though. Crow Point is a fickle lady, but she can turn it on. Forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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