81st Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's talk about what's on the menu for the next couple of weeks.

It's a slow stretch ahead, I gotta be honest. We're looking at a pretty lean run with very little to get excited about. The small stuff that does show up is mostly weak and short-period, and the wind is going to be a constant battle. There's a little window of something a bit bigger, but it comes with its own issues.

Sunday the 19th morning, 81st Street sees a tiny 2 ft swell from the SE, with a short 8-second period and weak energy (40). The wind is a cross-offshore, so it'll be clean, but it's a real dribbler. Not one for the quiver.

From Sunday afternoon all the way through the rest of the week, the story is the same. Tiny, weak swell, most of it under 2 ft, and the wind is either onshore, cross-on, or just messy. There's a bit of a bump on Wednesday the 22nd morning, with a 3 ft SSE swell that has a bit more energy (125), but it's blowing a fresh 19 mph offshore from the WSW. That's a lot of wind for a small wave, and it'll be blown out and hard to manage. The afternoon is a little better with 3 ft and lighter offshore wind, but it's still not great.

The week of the 23rd through the 2nd of August is a real desert. The swell drops back to knee-high or below, with energy readings in the teens and twenties. Most days have poor conditions. The only real glimmer is early on Monday the 27th, when the wind goes light and variable from the SSW, making it glassy clean for a 2 ft E swell. But the period is only 8 seconds, so it's weak and lumpy. The rest of that week is more of the same – small, weak, and mostly clean but with no punch.

The best of a bad bunch? That would be the early morning of Monday the 27th. It's clean, glassy, and you'll have it to yourself. But it's a long way off and the size is tiny. For a proper wave, you'd have to be dreaming. The water temp is about average for the time of year, so no need to worry about a winter wetsuit just yet.

This is a classic case of "better luck next week." The forecasts can change, but for now, it's a good time to rest the arms and do some waxing.

Rusty.

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