Crystals Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, gather ‘round. Rusty here, and we’ve got a window into the next couple of weeks at Crystals. I’m just gonna shoot straight with ya – this one’s a tough stretch. We’re looking at a long, flat, and mostly uninspiring run, so don’t go getting your hopes up too high.

The water temp at this spot is running 77°, which feels like a warm bath – that’s over 2 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year, so you can leave the wetsuit at home.

Starting out, from Friday the 28th through Tuesday the 9th of September, it’s a mess of tiny, weak waves. We’re talking ankle-biters in the 1 to 2 ft range, and the swell energy is pitiful, with readings mostly under 100 (like 63 or 26). The wind is almost always fighting us – cross, cross-on, or just onshore – making everything choppy and sloppy. Even when the wind does go light offshore, the swell is just too small to do anything with. There are a few windows with clean conditions, like Monday the 31st afternoon with a light cross-off breeze, but with only 1 ft of swell, you’re basically just bobbing around.

Now, things do look a little more interesting Wednesday morning, the 2nd of September. There’s a bump of 5 ft swell arriving from the SE, with a period hitting 11 seconds. The combined energy jumps way up to 471, which is moderate-strong energy. The problem? The wind is howling from the SE at 15 mph, putting it right onshore. That’s gonna make it choppy and blown-out. Not one for the log, but for the more adventurous crew, it’s the biggest pulse we see.

After that, the window on Thursday the 3rd of September morning offers the only real glimmer. We’ve got that same 5 ft swell hanging around, but this time with a clean, cross-off breeze out of the SW at 15 mph. That’ll tidy things up. The swell direction is from the S, which isn’t the optimum NE the break likes, but with 5 ft on offer at a beach/jetty setup, it’s the most surfable we’re gonna get.

Beyond that, it’s back to tiny dribble through the second week. The swell period on the 10th of September stretches to 11 seconds for a 3 ft SE swell, and the energy hits 180, but the winds are messy. It’s just one of those periods where patience is key. The set-up here is a beach/jetty, so with that amount of wind and small swell, it’d be a better day to rig up a kite than paddle out.

Honestly, from this 16-day view, if you can only paddle out once, make it the morning of Thursday the 3rd of September. It’s not perfect, but it’s the only time where the size and the wind line up to offer something that feels like a real wave.

Rusty.

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