Emma Wood State Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me level with ya. It's Rusty, and I've been staring at the charts for Emma Wood State Beach. I gotta tell ya straight up, it's a quiet stretch ahead. We're looking at a pretty long dry spell with no real surf to get excited about. The first half of the run is flat, and while there's always a chance things could change, the outlook for the next two weeks is basically a whole lot of nothing for paddle surfing.

So, here’s the deal. Starting on Thursday the 10th, it's small and weak. We're looking at a tiny 2ft swell from the SSW, but it's an old, slow 16 second period groundswell with real low energy (204). The waves are just poor. The water's an unusual 70°, which is a full 6° warmer than average for this time of year, so it's really warm but that's about the only highlight.

That pattern just sticks around. Friday the 11th through Sunday the 13th are all the same story: tiny 1ft to 2ft swells, mostly from the SW, with period dropping from 16 seconds down to 10 seconds. The wave energy is low, between 114 to 149. The wind is light and mostly onshore, so it's not even clean. It's just flat and poor.

We get a little bump on Sunday afternoon the 13th when a 3ft W swell shows up with a 10 second period, and energy ramps up to 225, but it's still rated as poor conditions with a light onshore breeze. Monday the 14th has similar 3ft swell but by the afternoon it goes cross-onshore and gets choppy. Nothing to paddle out for there.

From Tuesday the 15th all the way through to the end on Wednesday the 30th, it's the same sad song. Swell heights hover between 1ft and 2ft, coming from the SW or SSW, with periods all over the place from 8 up to 19 seconds. The energy is weak to moderate, jumping from 103 up to 289 at the very end. Most of the time the wind is light and onshore, or light cross-onshore, making it choppy or rippled. Every single entry in the forecast says "poor surf conditions". There's not a single standout session in the entire 16-day window.

Even the best-looking days at the end of the run on the 20th and 21st show somewhat more energy (289 and 235) and long 18 second periods, but the swell is still only 2ft. That long period is better for a point or reef break, but for a beach and reef setup like this with no size, it's not going to produce a wave worth surfing. And with crowds "often" being a thing here, you'd be fighting for scraps.

Honestly, this setup looks way more interesting for a kite surfer than someone with a paddle. If you've got a kite, you might be able to make something of that bump in the second week, but for normal surfing, put the board away. Keep an eye on it though—forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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