81st Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, it’s Rusty here. Let’s talk about 81st Street for the next couple of weeks. I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – this is a tough stretch. This break is inconsistent, and over the next sixteen days we’ve got a lot of tiny swell and finicky wind, with only a couple of windows that look even halfway decent.

Water temp is about 80°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year – about 2°F above average, so it’s a nice, warm dip.

Kicking off Monday, 06 July, it’s pretty sorry. There’s a tiny 1ft SSE swell with a 5-second period, and the combined energy is weak at 14. Morning’s clean with a light offshore, but there’s no power. By afternoon the wind turns onshore and it gets messy. This just keeps on through Tuesday and Wednesday – ankle-biters and poor conditions.

Thursday morning, 09 July, is the first real glimmer. It’s glassy, with a 2ft E swell but a 6-second period. The energy is still weak at 45. It’s surfable, barely, but nothing to write home about. Your single best session across this whole forecast looks like Saturday morning, 18 July. It’s dead glass – zero wind – with a 2ft SSE swell at 8 seconds. The combined energy gets up to a moderate 45, and it’s the cleanest, most promising window we’ve got. If you’re gonna paddle out, that’s the one. It’s inconsistent though, and with summer crowds possible around here, you might have some company.

Another small chance rolls in on Monday morning, 20 July, with glassy conditions and a 3ft ESE swell, but again the period is short at 5 seconds and the energy is weak at 40. It’ll be clean, but soft.

For the rest of the window, it’s either flat, blown out, or both. There’s a gap of several days with no real call from about the 12th to the 16th, and again after the 18th. Target that Saturday the 18th – it’s the only real standout, even if it’s not gonna blow your mind.

Hang in there, and check back in – things can change quick.

Rusty.

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