Gold Beach/South Park/Hunter Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at what’s cookin’ at Gold Beach/South Park/Hunter Creek.

Alright, honestly? We’re in for a bit of a dry spell right out of the gate. The first week and a half is a tough one. We’re looking at a stretch from Sunday the 23rd all the way through to around Thursday the 4th of September where the surf is either poor or marginal at best. The wind is a real pain, mostly cross or cross-onshore from the NNW, and the swell is tiny, down around 1ft to 3ft. The energy is low, generally in the range of 100s to 400s (moderate wave energy). Don’t expect much. There’s a little glimmer Tuesday afternoon the 25th with some glassy conditions and a tiny 2ft SW swell, but it’s a tease. That’s about all you’re gonna get for a while. Just a long stretch of washing machine conditions.

Now, hang in there, because it does try to turn around. The real standout, the one worth circling on your calendar, is the morning of Sunday, September 6th. We’ve got a clean 5ft swell rolling in from the WNW, and even better, the wind is glassy. The energy is jumping up to 735 (strong wave energy). That’s the best looking set-up of the whole forecast. It’s a bit of a longer-period swell (10 seconds), so it might break a little straight at the beach, but with offshore conditions, it should still offer some fun, clean lines. That afternoon, the swell bumps up to 6ft with a period of 12 seconds from the same WNW direction, but the wind shifts cross-onshore and kicks the energy up to 1053 (strong to very strong wave energy). It could get a bit messy for a paddle, might even look more interesting for the kite crew.

Then Monday the 7th holds some size, around 5ft from the WNW, but the wind is back on the cross-shore from the NNW and howling, so it’s a scratchy, lumpy mess.

Water temp is sitting at 56°, which is about 2° cooler than normal. So, it’s a little nippy, pretty average for the time of year.

So, to boil it down: if you’ve got a longboard and a whole lot of patience, you might snag a few small ones late in the first week. But the *real* call, the only one I’m getting excited about, is that glassy Sunday morning (September 6th) at Gold Beach.

Rusty.

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