Embare Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, let’s keep it real. Looking at the next couple of weeks at Embare, it’s mostly a whole lot of nothing with a few small windows. The water’s sitting at 71°F, which is a touch warmer than average – nothing wild, just a little bit of extra warmth when you hit the water.

From Tuesday the 15th right through Friday the 18th, the surf is poor. We’re talking ankle to knee high – maybe 2ft to 3ft – and the wind is mostly onshore or cross, chopping up whatever weak swell is out there. The energy is weak, mostly in the 440 to 800 kilo-joule range. Not looking good.

Then Saturday the 19th rolls in with a bit of hope. Swell bumps up to around 4ft, and we get some clean conditions – glassy in the morning and cross-off in the afternoon. The swell direction is ESE, but the period is only 7 seconds, so it’s short-period, weak stuff. Still, it’s clean, and the energy is moderate, around 540. Sunday the 20th and Monday the 21st keep that going – waves around 3ft, clean with offshore or cross-off winds. It’s surfable, good for a longboard or a fun little twin-fin, but nothing heavy. Energy drops back into the 350 to 450 range.

Then we hit the flat spell. From Tuesday the 22nd through Monday the 28th, it’s mostly tiny – 2ft to 2ft at best – with almost no swell energy. A lot of glassy, empty water. If you’re desperate, you might find a knee-high ripple, but I wouldn’t count on it.

Now, Tuesday the 29th is the interesting one. The swell jumps to 4ft, but the period jumps to 14 seconds – that’s real groundswell. The energy is strong, reading 714. But the direction from the SSE is not good for Embare. It’s sheltered from that angle, so a lot of that power is going to be blocked. Plus, the wind is cross-shore, so it’s going to be lumpy. It’s a marginal day – you’d have to check it and see if any sets wrap in clean. By Wednesday the 30th, the swell backs off to around 3ft, but the wind is better, and the energy is down to 289.

So, the best bet in this whole run is Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th. It’s small, but it’s clean – that’s your window for a fun, relaxed session. The long-range stuff on the 29th is promising but too far out and too directionally wrong to get excited about. Keep an eye on it, but don’t hold your breath.

It’s been a dry stretch, and it’s going to stay that way for a bit. But that’s the game – you wait, you watch, and you make the most of the small, clean days. Even when it’s small, it’s better than being at work.

Rusty.

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