Hemorrhoids Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. This is Rusty here, and I’m looking at the outlook for Hemorrhoids, a reef break.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you—the start of this forecast window is pretty flat and ugly. We’re talking about a stretch from Monday the 17th all the way through to basically Friday the 28th of August where you’d be better off staying home. The swell is tiny, mostly around 1 ft to 3 ft, and the energy levels are weak to moderate at best, sitting around 113 to 489 in the combined swell energy. The wind is messy for the first week—mostly cross-off or offshore but with some moderate to fresh breezes that don’t help the quality much. Everything is rated as “poor” or “marginal” during that period. There’s no standout, and honestly, it’s not worth paddling out.

But hold on, because the end of August and start of September brings some life back. The real standout here is Saturday, August 29th, in the morning. That’s your best window by a long shot. The swell picks up to a solid 4 ft from the SW, with a long period of 18 seconds—that’s a proper groundswell with some grunt. The combined swell energy jumps right up to 1253, which is strong. The wind is light and clean from the NE, so it’ll be cross-offshore and tidy. This break is a reef, so it’ll handle that long-period energy well, shaping up some nice lines. It’s intermediate-level and fairly consistent, but it can get crowded sometimes, so factor that in. The water here is running warm at 86°, and with an anomaly of 2°, it’s a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, which is nice.

Don’t sleep on the afternoon of Friday, August 28th, either. It’s got a smaller 2 ft swell, but the period is a massive 20 seconds—very long-period groundswell—and the combined energy is 715. What makes this one special is the glass conditions, with wind swinging light from the WSW at just 3 mph. That’s as clean as it gets, and for a reef, that’s a recipe for some silky, lined-up waves. The score on that one is strong, just a notch below the Saturday morning peak.

After that, the surf slowly winds down into the first couple days of September, with swells dropping back to 3 ft or less, still clean but nothing to write home about. The last few days around the 30th and 31st of August offer fun, clean waves in the 4 ft to 4 ft range, but they lack the punch of that Saturday morning standout.

So, to sum it up: suffer through the first week and a half, but mark your calendar for Saturday morning, August 29th. That’s your day. The water’s warm, the wind’s right, and the reef is gonna be offering up some proper goods.

Rusty.

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