Higgins Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your wettie, let’s see what we’re working with for Higgins Beach over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you—this is a pretty grim stretch. We’re looking at a long, dry spell where there’s just nothing really worth paddling out for.

Right from the get-go, Wednesday morning shows a tiny 2ft swell from the east with a short period of 4 seconds and a cross-onshore breeze. The combined energy is a low 16, so it’s all weak and messy. Honestly, the forecast is a bit of a bust for the first several days—through Thursday, Friday, and into the weekend, the swell stays small, mostly under 3ft, with onshore or cross-onshore winds. Thursday morning offers a cleaner 4ft from the south with a cross-offshore wind from the west, but even then the combined energy is only 127—that’s moderate and messy at best. The wave comment says "poor surf conditions" across the board.

Water temp is sitting at 63°F with a 2°F anomaly, so that’s about normal for this time of year—nothing wild there.

If you’re looking for the best of a bad bunch, Monday morning the 14th is about as clean as it gets here—glassy conditions, but the swell is only 1ft from the southeast with a 9-second period. That’s small and weak, combined energy at 33. It’s probably the most pleasant time to be on the water, but you’re not catching much.

There’s a bit of a bump around Wednesday the 16th morning, where we see 3ft from the south-southeast, glassy wind from the northeast, and combined energy hitting 81. The wave comment finally says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” and gets a 1/10. That’s the only day in the entire 16-day window that even sniffs at being surfable. It’s still tiny and the period is short at 6 seconds.

After that, it fades back to nothing—small, choppy, and onshore for the rest of the run. The second week offers no real hope. We see a couple of glassy mornings on the 17th and the 21st, but the swell is 1ft or less. There’s a bit more swell on the 23rd with 4ft from the southeast, but it’s blowing 22 mph onshore—that’s essentially blown out and more suited for kite gear than a surfboard, with combined energy at 145 but total mess.

This is one of those blank stretches where the whole 16-day window is a write-off. The break is consistent, but the conditions just aren’t delivering. Forecasts can change, so don’t lose all hope, but right now, I’d keep the board in the car and find something else to do for a while.

Rusty.

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