57th Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get straight into it. The next 16 days are looking pretty grim for 57th Street. There’s a massive gap of no decent surf all the way through until the very end of the period. Honestly, you’re looking at day after day of poor surf conditions, with tiny waves, messy wind, and zero energy. It’s a long, dry spell.

Monday the 3rd starts off with a risk of thunderstorms, a weak 5 ft swell from the SSE, but the wind is a messy cross-shore at 12 mph, creating a cross-chop that kills any hope of clean waves. The combined energy is only 299 (moderate), but the quality is just poor. That trend continues right through the first week: tiny swells, never breaking 4 ft, and mostly cross or onshore winds. The water temp is sitting at 75°, which is about average for this time of year.

The second week doesn’t get any better. From Thursday the 8th right through to Sunday the 16th, the swell barely reaches 3 ft, and most days it’s under 2 ft. The energy drops into the double digits, and winds are mostly cross or cross-onshore. There’s one morning on Tuesday the 11th with glassy conditions, but the swell is a pathetic 2 ft – not enough to ride.

Finally, on Tuesday the 18th of August, we get a small pulse. The morning brings a 3 ft swell from the SSW, and the wind goes offshore from the NNW at 9 mph, cleaning it up. The afternoon sees a 3 ft swell from the south, with a moderate offshore wind from the NW at 12 mph. The combined energy is still low (56 and 71), but the waves are surfable and the conditions are clean. It’s the only window in the whole 16 days that’s worth paddling out for. Still, this is a beginner-friendly sandbar, so the small size is fine for learning.

Bottom line: if you’re keen, save your energy for Tuesday the 18th. The rest of the 16 days is a write-off.

Rusty

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