57th Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what we've got on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

To be honest, it's a tough stretch ahead for 57th Street. The whole 16-day window is mostly a write-off. We’re staring down the barrel of a long, quiet period with hardly a wave worth paddling for. The water is sitting at 77°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s small comfort when the surf is flat.

We've got a real dry spell on our hands. From the start, right through to August 30th, it’s just a series of small, weak swells with poor conditions. Most days are delivering tiny waves under 2ft with weak energy, often messed up by choppy cross-shore winds. It’s pretty grim. You might see a little bump on August 27th, with a 2ft SSE swell pushing some energy in (99 combined energy), and a clean offshore wind from the NW, but the quality is still just 'ordinary'. Not worth rushing for.

The only real glimmer of hope, and it’s a late one, comes on Tuesday, September 1st. We finally get a pulse of life. The morning is looking at a 5ft easterly swell with a period around 8 seconds, pushing a solid 332 combined energy. The real kicker is the wind is forecast to be glassy – dead calm. For a sandbar setup like 57th Street, glassy conditions are pure gold, giving you the cleanest possible surface. That’s the standout session in this whole outlook. The afternoon backs off a bit, dropping to 5ft and 262 energy with a light cross-offshore.

Before that, on Monday, August 31st, there’s a small taste of things to come with a 4ft to 4ft easterly swell in clean offshore to cross-offshore wind, but again, the descriptions are pretty ordinary.

So, the long and short of it is: save your energy for that Tuesday, September 1st morning session. It’s the only window with half-decent size and that perfect glass. Until then, the board stays in the bag.

Rusty.

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