Higgins Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the next couple of weeks for Higgins Beach. Gotta be straight with you – it’s a quiet stretch. We’re looking at a long gap of small, poor conditions before anything even remotely interesting shows up, and even then, it’s marginal.

The first real chance to get wet doesn’t come until Thursday, September 3rd. That morning, a new pulse of swell pushes in at 5ft from the SSE, but the period is a short, crumbly 6 seconds. The wind is a messy cross-shore from the SW, and the combined energy is moderate (205). It’s a marginal situation, and the surf is going to be bumpy and weak. The afternoon cleans up a bit with a light cross-offshore breeze from the NNW, dropping the swell to 4ft, but it’s still a short-period, ordinary wave. This is the most size we’ll see, but it’s not what you’d call good.

Friday morning, September 4th, is a tease. The swell drops back to 3ft from the SE with a 7-second period, but the wind is dead calm – glassy conditions. The combined energy is weak (77). It’s surfable, but with such small waves, you’re hunting for a knee-high peak. The crowd factor at Higgins Beach is “often,” so expect a few other hopefuls out there for the scraps.

After that, it’s a ghost town. From Saturday the 5th right through to the end of the forecast on September 17th, the forecast is a string of poor surf conditions. The swell barely breaks the 2ft mark for most of it, with the wind mostly onshore or cross-shore. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing to write home about.

There’s a tiny blip on Monday morning, September 7th, with a glassy 2ft wave from the east, but it’s an 8-second period with weak energy (71). It’s a fish-soup kind of day. The best we can call a standout is the glassy Friday morning the 4th – it’s the cleanest window, but the swell is very small. For a true ride, we’re waiting on a better forecast. That’s the long and short of it.

Rusty.

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