Galveston Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I gotta be straight with you about the next couple of weeks here in Galveston. It's a tough pill to swallow, but there's just no rideable surf on the horizon. We're looking at a full 16-day stretch where the ocean is basically flat.

The first bit of hope doesn't even show up until the morning of August 22nd, and even then, it's a real long shot. Let me walk you through it.

The whole pattern is grim. From today, right through to the end of the third week of August, we are stuck with tiny, weak windswell. We're looking at waves that barely hit 1 ft to 2 ft, and the period is a shocking 4 to 6 seconds. That's not swell, that's just lake chop. The combined wave energy is pathetic, sitting in the single digits and low teens (13) for most of the run. The wind is almost always onshore or cross-onshore, from the south or southeast, just messing up what little bump there is. It's a solid two weeks of "poor surf conditions" with zero scores across the board.

There is one tiny glimmer, and it's a long way off. On the morning of Saturday, the 22nd of August, we finally get a bit of a reprieve. The wind is forecast to be glassy. The swell is still tiny, only 3 ft from the SSE with a 5-second period, but the combined energy bumps up a little to 37. It's still a terrible wave, but the glassy conditions mean it will be the cleanest you'll see this whole forecast period. The water is warm, at 87°F, which is a degree above average for this time of year, so it'll feel nice just to float.

Don't get your hopes up. The afternoon of the 22nd, the wind turns back onshore. For a surfer, this is a write-off of a forecast. The setup is so poor, with light wind and tiny swell, that it's not even worth mentioning for kite surfing. This is just a blank run for the area. Sometimes you get these stretches. We just have to wait for the next change in the weather pattern.

Rusty.

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