47th Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, it’s Rusty here. Let me tell you straight up: this outlook for 47th Street is a tough one. We’ve got a 16-day window, but honestly, there’s barely a ripple worth paddling for until we get deep into the second week, and even then, conditions look pretty average.

First off, the water temperature is sitting about average for the time of year, so no surprises there.

Right now, we start with some tiny, weak surf. Thursday the 10th has a little 0.7ft to 1.0ft swell from the ESE with a 9-second period, and the wind is offshore – gentle and clean – but the combined energy is pathetic, sitting at just 10-14. It’s so small it’s barely a ripple. That theme carries through Friday and Saturday, with swell staying under 3ft and a mix of cross-shore and cross-onshore winds making it choppy and poor. The score is a flat zero across the board. There’s a gap of several days here where there’s nothing to recommend.

Come Sunday morning the 13th, we finally see something: a 3ft swell from the SSE, period 5 seconds, with a light offshore wind. That gives us a combined energy of 114 (moderate), but the description is “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” It’s not going to light your fire, but it’s the best we’ve seen so far. That window closes fast though – by afternoon it drops back to 1ft and poor.

After that, we’re back into a long, dry spell. From Monday the 14th all the way through to Tuesday the 22nd, the swell is tiny – mostly under 2ft – and the wind is all over the place. There’s a bit of a pulse on Tuesday the 22nd with 5ft to 5ft from the E and ESE, but the wind is onshore, gusting 20 km/h, and the description is still poor. The combined energy jumps to 279 and then 542 (strong wave energy), but with onshore wind and a short period, it’s just messy. By Wednesday the 23rd, the swell is still around 5ft from the ESE, period 10 seconds, but again, onshore wind kills it.

Honestly, the only moment that even looks like a sniff of a wave is that Sunday the 13th morning session. It’s small, it’s ordinary, but it’s offshore and clean for a little while. Everything else in this 16-day window is either flat, chopped up, or blown out. Not a standout in the lot. If you’re a kite surfer, some of those bigger, windier days late in the second week might look more interesting, but for a paddle surfer, there’s nothing to get excited about.

Crowds? At 47th Street they can be there, but with these conditions, I doubt many will show.

Signing off – Rusty.

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