Haggerty's Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let's talk about what's cookin' over the next couple of weeks.

Alright, I'm gonna level with you. The outlook for this region is a bit of a mixed bag, but there's a real gem hiding in the second week if you've got the patience. We're looking at Haggerty's, a reef and point setup that's very consistent and a good spot for beginners when conditions line up. Right now, the water temp is about average for this time of year.

The first real session worth paddling out for is on Friday morning, September 4th. We've got a clean 2.6ft SSW groundswell rolling in with a long 17-second period, and the wind is a sweet cross-offshore breeze. The energy is moderate, reading 425, and it's going to be clean. That's your best bet for the first week, no question. The afternoons, though, are a write-off with onshore breezes messing things up.

Saturday and Sunday mornings are flat and ordinary at best, with small swell and messy wind. The whole first week is plagued by onshore afternoon winds, turning what could be okay surf into choppy slop.

We skip through a long dry spell of poor conditions. Honestly, from Saturday the 5th all the way through to Thursday the 17th of September, there's nothing that gets me excited. It's a real blank run of small, weak swell and constant cross-onshore winds. The energy drops right off (146 and lower), and the surf is just gutless.

Now, here's where it gets interesting. On the morning of Thursday, September 17th, we get a tiny 1.0ft swell, but it's a 22-second period groundswell and the wind is glassy. It's surfable, but it's more about the potential of the setup. The real standout, and I mean the *only* standout of the whole 16-day window, is the morning of Friday, September 18th. The wind swings to a light cross-offshore from the south, and we get a 2.0ft SW groundswell with a 20-second period. The combined energy is a solid 298, and the conditions are clean. For a reef and point like Haggerty's, that long-period groundswell with clean wind is going to produce some beautifully lined-up, fun waves. It's still a small swell, so it's not going to be huge, but the quality will be there. This is the one to circle on your calendar. After that, it goes back to marginal on the 19th.

So, to sum it up: the first week is a bust. Don't waste your time. The morning of Friday, September 18th, is your golden ticket. Be there.

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