Depressions Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s break down the next couple of weeks.

It’s a quiet spell, no two ways about it. There’s a long stretch of poor to marginal conditions ahead before we get anything rideable. The first real shot at a wave is mid-week next week, and it’s a small window.

For Depressions, the swell size and direction from the WSW line up OK, but the quality is a letdown. The mornings on the 10th, 11th, and 12th are marginal with tiny waves around 2 ft to 2 ft from the SW with light onshore winds. The energy is weak, clocking in around 280 to 340. It’s essentially flat. The afternoons are a mess of cross-onshore chop.

Sunday the 13th sees a bump in size, with 4 ft in the morning from the WNW, but the wind is cross-onshore. By the afternoon, it’s a messy 7 ft with a short period and strong winds. Energy hits 497, but it’s just a stormy, choppy wall. That 7 ft is expert-only in these conditions.

The one window to watch is Tuesday the 15th of September. The morning is still bumpy, but the afternoon at Depressions goes glassy. A 3 ft WNW swell with an 8-second period and light, variable winds from the SW at 3 mph. The combined energy is a modest 184, but the surface will be clean. It’s a small, gentle wave for a beginner. The water temp is about normal for the season. Expect some company on a rare clean day.

After that, it’s back to tiny, weak swells (1 ft to 2 ft) with persistent cross-onshore or onshore winds. You get long periods (up to 21 seconds on the 17th), but with only 1 ft of swell, it’s just a long-period ripple. The rest of the window into late September is the same: small, weak, and messy.

For kite surfers, that Sunday the 13th with 7 ft and a solid breeze looks more interesting. For paddle surfing, the call is Tuesday afternoon, the 15th. That’s the best of a quiet run.

Rusty.

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