Hangers Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get real here, folks. Rusty here. I’ve looked over the numbers for the next couple of weeks and I gotta be straight with you: it’s a tough stretch. There's no standout session, no magic day to circle on the calendar. The whole 16-day window is a pretty quiet, frustrating run for Hangers (beach and reef).

Right now, and for the next week and a half, we’re stuck with tiny, weak, onshore junk. From Thursday the 10th all the way through to Monday the 21st, the swell is barely a ripple—most of the time under 2ft with short, weak period around 7 to 8 seconds. The combined energy is pathetic, sitting between 10 and 79 (weak). Winds are mostly onshore or cross-onshore from the southeast or east, messing up any chance of a clean face. There’s a couple of brief windows, like Saturday the 19th morning when it goes glassy, but the swell is only 1ft. You’d be bobbing around on a lake. Honestly, this stretch is more interesting for a kite than a paddle board, but even then, the wind is light.

Then we hit Tuesday the 22nd of September. The swell gets a little push, hitting 3ft by the afternoon, but the wind is howling from the east at 37 mph with a near gale. That’s raw, ugly, and blown out. The energy jumps to 136 (moderate), but it’s not surfable.

The real change comes on Wednesday the 23rd and Thursday the 24th. The swell starts to build properly. By Wednesday morning, we’ve got 5ft from the ENE with a period of 7 seconds, and the wind swings to a cross-off from the south. The afternoon cleans up nicely—5ft ENE, cross-off, clean conditions. Thursday the 24th is the best of a bad bunch: morning sees 5ft ENE, cross-off from the SSW, strong breeze but clean, with a combined energy of 377 (moderate). By Thursday afternoon, it builds to 6ft ENE, period 10 seconds, cross-off from the southwest, and the energy jumps to 636 (moderate). That’s proper waves. But here’s the kicker: the score says it’s still poor surf conditions. The wind is strong, and the break is a beach and reef, so with that size and short-period swell, it’ll be a messy, heaving closeout for most. This is expert-only territory if you’re mad enough to try.

Friday the 25th teases us with the biggest swell of the window: 7ft from the NE, period 10 seconds, cross-off from the WSW, moderate breeze, clean, and a whopping combined energy of 1296 (strong). That’s a lot of juice. But the forecast still calls it marginal with questionable tide. For a beach and reef setup, that size and direction means it’s going to be thick and powerful, maybe a bit too straight-breaking. Definitely not for the faint of heart.

So what’s the call? There’s no standout day here. The closest thing to a window is Thursday the 24th and Friday the 25th for experienced surfers who don’t mind strong winds and a bit of chaos. For everyone else? Leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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