Hideaway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s cookin’ over at Hideaway – the only game in town for this whole forecast.

Right off the bat, this is a spot that rarely breaks, so when it does, it’s a special event. The water is sitting at 77°, which is pretty much spot-on average for this time of year.

The week kicks off on Monday the 14th with a solid 8ft SSW groundswell packing some serious grunt – the combined energy is a hefty 3801. But the wind is a moderate cross-shore breeze, and with that cross-chop, it’ll be a bit of a battle. Not the cleanest, but there’s power there.

Tuesday the 15th morning is where it starts to get interesting. Same 8ft SSW swell, period still long at 17 seconds, but the wind switches to a cross-offshore breeze (3920 energy). That’s the ticket for a clean face. This is the best-looking window in the near term. If you’re advanced and you can handle a rare-breaking reef that handles a long-period groundswell, this is your window.

The swell slowly backs off through Wednesday and Thursday, dropping to 5ft and then 4ft, and the wind stays messy on the cross-shore. It’s not awful, but it’s not pumping either.

There’s a real dead spot from Friday the 18th morning right through Saturday the 19th. The swell is tiny (3ft to 3ft) and the wind goes onshore or cross-onshore, turning it into a mess. A couple of days to stare at the ocean and wish.

Now, we get a bit of a pulse back on Sunday the 20th: 8ft SSW swell, but the period drops to 12 seconds, and the cross-shore wind returns with a chop. It’s surfable but not memorable.

The real standout in this whole run? It’s a long-range call, so take it with a pinch of salt, but look at Wednesday the 23rd. Monday the 21st and Tuesday the 22nd have some 6ft to 7ft SSW swell, but it’s the 23rd that has the juice: 8ft SSW swell, 17-second period, and a combined energy of 3997. The wind is cross-shore again, but if that cleans up, this is a serious, powerful, long-period wave for experts only.

After that, the wind gets fresher and lumpier through the 24th to the 27th with some decent-sized swell (up to 12ft on the 25th afternoon from the S), but the wind is a fresh cross-shore, creating a lumpy mess. It’s going to look more like a kite-surfing zone than a paddle zone, especially on the 25th and 26th with 10ft+ and strong winds.

The very tail end of the run, on the 28th and 29th, drops back to small 2ft to 2ft SSW swell, but at least the wind goes cross-off and clean again. A glassy little session to finish off, but tiny.

Bottom line: Tuesday the 15th morning is your best near-term bet for clean, powerful surf. For the long-range punters, Wednesday the 23rd morning has the best raw power and potential, if the wind plays ball. For everything else, it’s a waiting game for a spot that doesn’t give up its secrets easily.

Rusty.

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