Emerald Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, lookin' at the charts for the next couple weeks. It's gonna be a tease, but there's a couple of days worth gettin' your feet wet.

Water temp is about 70°, which is par for the course around here.

First up, we got a long stretch of flat, ugly stuff. From Sunday, August 2nd, right through to Tuesday, August 5th, it's a bust. Swell is barely 0.7 ft, and the wind is all over the place. Sunday afternoon is a cross-onshore mess, and Monday afternoon throws a 5 ft SE swell at us, but it's a short-period windswell with a strong onshore wind, making it a total waste of time. Don't even bother.

We finally get a break Wednesday morning, August 5th. It's glassy—dead calm—and there's a 2 ft easterly swell with a 10-second period. The combined energy is weak (90), and the waves are 'surfable but very ordinary.' For a longboard, it's a chance to get a clean glide. It ain't pretty, but it's clean.

After that, it's back to the doldrums. Thursday morning the 6th is glassy again, but the swell is even smaller (1 ft). Saturday morning, August 8th, is glassy again with a 3 ft, 7-second ENE swell, but the energy is still low (71). The same story: clean mornings, but no juice.

The real highlight, the one day that's got my eye, is Monday, August 11th. Tuesday morning, August 11th, has a clean, offshore wind out of the SSW. The swell is 3 ft from the ENE with a 9-second period, and the combined energy is moderate (113). Then Wednesday morning, August 12th, is even better: same offshore wind, similar 3 ft ENE swell, moderate energy (129). The water is clean, the wind is off the land. For a point break like Emerald Beach, this is as good as it gets in this stretch. It's not big, but it'll be lined up and clean. Hit it on the lower tides.

The rest of the forecast keeps the same pattern. Thursday morning, August 13th, is clean with a cross-offshore wind and a 2 ft, 9-second ENE swell (126 energy). Saturday morning, August 15th, has a solid cross-offshore breeze from the SW cleaning up the 3 ft ENE swell (131 energy). Sunday, August 16th, is glassy and dead-calm with a 3 ft, 10-second ENE swell (163 energy). Monday morning, August 17th, has a strong offshore wind from the SSW cleaning up a 3 ft, 10-second ENE swell (136 energy). All of these are rideable, but they're 'ordinary.' Your best bet is to pick one of those clean mornings, especially the 11th and 12th, and have a fun, clean session on a small wave.

Rusty, out.

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