Higgins Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, let's keep it real. The next couple of weeks at Higgins are looking pretty grim. It's a long stretch of flat, weak conditions that'll have you wondering if the ocean took a vacation. If you're itching to get wet, now's the time to check your wetsuit for leaks, not to load up the car.

Looking at the next week and a half, there's simply nothing that gets the heart racing. We're looking at a lot of tiny, weak swell with energy readings that are mostly in the single digits and low-twenties. There's a brief bump on Thursday the 10th as a 5ft south swell shows up with a 7-second period. The energy does jump to 299, the most we see for a good while, and the wind is cross-offshore, so it should be clean. But with such a short period, it's going to be lumpy and disorganized—more of a bumpy closeout than a rideable wave. It's a marginal call at best. The rest of that week just fades back into the doldrums.

The weekend of the 13th through the 21st is a true drought. Day after day of knee-high slop and ankle-biters. There's a little pulse on the 13th with about 4ft of swell, but it's got a 5-second period and a cross-shore wind, making it choppy and a complete mess. The energy is weak at 87. You'd be putting in all the work for an unrideable wave. We do get some glassy mornings, like on the 14th or the 20th, but the swell is just too small to matter. It's a frustrating tease.

Just for reference, the water on Tuesday the 8th was about 63°F. That's a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, so you can get away with a bit less rubber.

Now, for the light at the end of the tunnel. It's a long way off, but things finally get interesting near the end of the period. On Tuesday the 22nd, we finally see some proper energy. The morning shows 5ft of southeast swell with a 6-second period and a combined energy of 156. The conditions are glassy with zero wind. That's a huge improvement. But the afternoon is where it's at: the swell pushes up to 5ft, the period stretches to 8 seconds, and the energy jumps to a solid 507. This is by far the strongest signal in the whole forecast.

The catch? The wind turns onshore from the SSE. At 5ft, it's getting a bit more serious and could be too much for beginners. That onshore wind will also likely chop it up and make things messy. This is our one true standout, but with it being so far out, don't book your day off work just yet. It's promising, but the details are far from locked in.

So, here's the skinny: the next two weeks are a washout. The only real hope on the horizon is that Tuesday the 22nd. It looks like a proper pulse of energy is coming, but the wind might ruin the party. It could be a fun, powerful beach break, or it could be a windy, blown-out mess. We'll have to wait and see. For now, keep the board in the rack and wait that one out. This is Rusty, signing off.

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