Fortunes Rocks Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a long, hard look at what Fortunes Rocks Beach has in store for us over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch. We’re looking at a real barren run for most of the 16-day window. There are patches of clean, glassy conditions, but the swell just isn’t showing up to the party for a good long while.

Right from Tuesday the 15th through to the morning of Wednesday the 23rd, it’s mostly tiny, weak surf. We’re talking ankle-snappers at 0.7 ft to a messy 3 ft. The wave energy is pitiful, barely cracking 60 (combined energy of all swells directed here). The wind might be clean or offshore on a few mornings – Thursday the 17th, Friday the 18th, and Saturday the 19th look glassy or offshore – but there’s just no size to work with. It’s a solid week-plus of "don’t bother waxing up."

Things start to look a little different around Thursday the 24th of September. The swell finally kicks up, but it comes with a catch. We see a rise to 6 ft in the morning, pushing 8 ft by the afternoon. The wave energy jumps into the moderate-to-strong range (285 and then 558), but it’s a short-period, onshore mess from the SSE and SE. That’s not surfable for a paddle board; that’s kite-surfing territory. It’s just lumpy, blown-out junk. That trend continues Friday the 25th with 19 mph onshore winds and a dropping swell.

There’s a tiny glimmer on Sunday the 27th. Swell drops to 3 ft but we get a clean, cross-offshore breeze from the NNE. The wave energy is moderate (151) and the period is a decent 9 seconds. It’s described as "surfable but very ordinary," so you could get a few fun ones in, but it’s hardly a standout.

The best bet, and I mean the only real standout in this whole 16-day slog, is looking like Monday the 28th of September. This is where it gets interesting. The swell jumps again, hitting 4 ft in the afternoon from the SE, with a *very long* period of 16 seconds in the morning and 12 seconds in the afternoon. That’s real groundswell energy pumping in (419 combined energy in the AM, 411 in the PM). More importantly, we get a clean, offshore wind from the NNW and N. That’s clean, lined-up waves. At 4 ft, it’s a fun size for most intermediates. Just a heads up: that long period means it might jack up and close out a bit on this beach break, but with offshore winds, it should be holding some nice shape.

After that, it fades fast. Tuesday and Wednesday are back to tiny, clean conditions with no real power.

So, to sum it up: There’s a huge gap of nearly two weeks with nothing worth paddling for. The one true shot of quality is on Monday the 28th of September. Mark it on your calendar, but don’t get your hopes up for anything before that. Keep an eye on the forecasts, because as we know, things can change.

Rusty.

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