Haggerty's Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. Let's break down the same outlook for Haggerty's, but in feet and miles per hour. It's a long, tough stretch of small, messy surf.

The water is a crazy 72°F, which is about 7°F warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a huge anomaly. But that’s the only warm part of this forecast. We start on Thursday, July 30th, with a weak 2ft swell from the SSW, a long 15-second period, but it’s all blown out by a cross-onshore breeze at 9 mph. The combined energy is 202 (moderate), but the quality is poor.

Friday, July 31st, the morning is a little better at 3ft from the SSW with a 14-second period, energy at 285 (moderate). The wind is a light cross-onshore at 6 mph, so it’s still not clean. It’s called marginal. It drops to a tiny 1ft in the afternoon.

Saturday, the 1st of August, we finally get a break. The morning shows 1ft from the SW with a 14-second period, and the wind is a light cross-offshore at 6 mph. That’s clean. The energy is 127 (moderate). It’s small, but it’s the best we’ve got. Sunday morning, the 2nd, is similar: 1ft, clean, but the energy drops to 104 (weak).

The pattern then sets in for the next week and a half. Tiny 1ft to 2ft swells, mostly from the SW or SSW, with periods from 13 to 20 seconds. The wind is almost always cross, cross-on, or cross-off, but the truly clean moments are rare. The combined energy stays weak to moderate, mostly in the 100-200 range.

There’s a small bump on the 8th of August, with a 2ft swell from the SSW and a long 18-second period, giving us an energy of 214 (moderate). The morning of the 8th is clean with a light cross-offshore breeze. That’s another window.

The one true standout is the morning of Saturday, August 1st. The cross-offshore wind makes it the cleanest session of the whole 16 days. The swell is from the SW, which is the ideal direction for this spot, and the 14-second period has some push. The energy is moderate at 127. It won’t be big, but it’ll be the most fun you can have.

There are huge gaps of poor surf, especially from the 2nd of August through the 14th. The afternoons are almost always choppy and crossed-up. For beginners, the swell never gets over 5ft, but the onshore wind ruins it. With the constant cross-onshore breeze and small, weak swell, the beach setup at Haggerty's looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer.

Stay patient. The forecasts can change, but for now, it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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