Higgins Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s lined up for the next few weeks.

If you’re looking for a wave, it’s going to be a real test of patience. The whole 16-day window is a bummer, I gotta be straight with you. There’s basically nothing to get excited about. The forecast is pretty much a long stretch of small, weak, and messy conditions. The first record of any surfable recommendation doesn’t show up until Wednesday morning, the 15th, and even then, it’s barely a whisper.

Let’s break it down. The first few days are a total write-off. Sunday the 12th and Monday the 13th are all about those tiny, cross-onshore ripples and choppy water. Tuesday the 14th isn’t much better, with a bit of cross-shore chop. The combined energy is way down, often in the 20s and 30s—just flat, weak stuff.

Finally, on Wednesday morning, the 15th, we get a little life. Higgins Beach is showing a tiny 2ft swell from the south, with a period of 6 seconds. The wind is offshore from the northwest, and it’s a light breeze, so it’ll be clean. The combined energy is still weak at 63, and the description says it’s “surfable but very ordinary.” That’s the best we’ve got. If you’re jonesing, you could get a few grovelly ones on a longboard, but don’t expect any power.

After that fleeting moment, it goes right back to poor conditions. The rest of that week and into the next is a mix of cross-off winds but tiny, knee-high bumps. The swell direction stays mostly from the south or southeast, but the heights are often 1ft to 3ft, and the period is short. The combined energy is almost always below 100, which is a dead giveaway that the ocean just isn’t putting any energy our way.

The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing wild there.

The only real outlier in the whole period is on Saturday the 25th, when the combined energy jumps to 176, but that’s a 5ft swell from the SSE with a short period of 6 seconds and a light cross-onshore wind. The wave quality is still rated as poor. It’s a bit of a tease—more energy, but it’s going to be a bumpy, lumpy mess.

Honestly, for this stretch, the setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer, especially on those days with a bit more wind and chop. For us surfers, it’s a waiting game. The consistency isn’t there, so this kind of blank run is a bit of a bummer, but it’s one of those periods where the forecast is just stubbornly flat. Keep an eye on it, because it tends not to stay this poor for long.

Rusty.

Read more