Flagler Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s break down what Flagler Pier is looking like for the next couple of weeks. I gotta level with you – it’s a tough stretch. We’ve got a long, dry run of nothing much to work with.

Right now, and for quite a while, it’s a flat spell. The finder shows a string of days with tiny, weak surf. The energy is bottomed out, with combined swell energy readings in the weak range. The swell is mostly out of the east, but it’s small – 1ft to 2ft – and mixed with a cross or cross-onshore breeze. The wave comment says it all: “poor surf conditions.” This lean patch runs all the way from Friday, August 28th through the end of the first week of September. That’s over a week of nothing to get excited about.

Now, there’s a little flicker of hope around Wednesday, September 2nd. The combined energy pushes up a bit, with a 2ft swell from the east and an 11-second period. That’s a little more push, but the wind is still cross-onshore from the east, so it’s going to be messy. By Thursday, September 3rd morning, there’s a rare glassy moment with the wind dropping to 0 km/h, but the swell is tiny at 1ft and energy is low. Not enough to ride. The glassy conditions pop up again on the morning of Saturday, September 5th and Sunday, September 6th, but again, it’s ankle-high at best.

The best chance for a session looks to be on Tuesday, September 8th. We get a 1.0ft swell from the east with a very long 12-second period, and the wind is light and cross-off from the south. The wave comment says “clean.” The energy is low, but the conditions will be decent. That long period (12 seconds) might make it a bit straight at the pier, but for a small wave, it’ll have a bit of shape.

Looking further out, Wednesday, September 9th brings another pulse of moderate energy with a 2ft east swell and 11-second period, but it’s onshore wind from the northeast. Not ideal.

For the second week, things stay quiet. The swell hangs around 1.0ft to 2ft. A few cleaner windows show up with cross-off and glassy winds on the mornings of September 11th and 12th, but the energy is low. It’s a waiting game.

So, where does that leave us? There’s no true standout here. If you’re desperate, the cleanest windows are the mornings of September 5th, 6th, and 11th, but you’ll need a longboard for tiny, glassy peelers. For the best bet, I’d point you to Tuesday, September 8th (morning) at Flagler Pier. That clean, cross-off wind and the long-period groundswell (1.0ft, ESE direction) will give you the cleanest little lines of the whole forecast. It’s not going to be big, but it’ll be your best shot at a fun, uncrowded session.

Hang in there. When it’s this flat for this long, a change has to come eventually.

- Rusty

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