47th Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's get into it.

Look, I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. The next couple of weeks are a write-off for 47th Street. We're looking at a real flat spell, and honestly, it's a tough stretch for anyone with a paddle board. If you're into kite surfing, you might find some action with the onshore winds and building swell later on, but for a surfer? It's a long wait.

The water is a toasty 79° right now, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year. You won't need a wetsuit, that's for sure, but you will need patience.

We kick off Wednesday the 12th with nothing. Tiny, weak waves – we're talking 0.3ft and 1.0ft of swell with a combined energy of just 4 to 10. That's practically a lake. The wind is all over the place, too. Thursday the 13th is more of the same, just a tiny 0.3ft of swell. Friday the 14th is dead. Saturday the 15th brings a little bump to 2ft from the ENE, but it's choppy and cross-onshore. Sunday the 16th stays flat until the afternoon, when a weak 3ft S swell shows up with a short 5-second period and a combined energy of 42, but it's a risk of t-storms with a fresh cross-off breeze. Not worth it.

Then from Monday the 17th to Thursday the 21st, it's a total flat spell. Zero swell. A big gap of nothing. A little blip of 2ft on the morning of Wednesday the 19th from the SE with a 11-second period gives a combined energy of 77, but the conditions are still just "ordinary". Not a standout.

The real story starts around the 25th of August. The swell finally builds. On Tuesday morning the 25th we get a solid 6ft of swell from the ESE with a period of 7 seconds and a combined energy of 327. That's a moderate energy, but it's a short-period, windswell. The problem is the wind: it's a cross-onshore from the SE at 9 mph, making it choppy. The whole string of days from the 25th to the 27th sees swell heights of 5ft to 6ft, and combined energy values hitting 389 on the 26th. But those waves are going to be a messy, onshore, blown-out affair. The wind is onshore from the E or ENE, so forget about clean lines. It's a beginner-to-intermediate sized swell, but with the onshore wind, it's only going to be good for the die-hards or the kite crew.

So, the bottom line? There's nothing to recommend here for the next 16 days. The best of it is a distant promise of some size around the 25th, but it comes with a side of slop. Keep your board waxed and watch the forecast, but don't hold your breath.

Rusty.

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