Higgins Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – looking at this 16-day window for Higgins Beach, it’s a tough stretch. We’re looking at a solid two weeks of mostly flat or poor conditions before anything even remotely interesting shows up.

The whole first week and a bit is a write-off. From now through to the 23rd of September, we’ve got tiny swell, rubbish wind, and that's it. The water temp is sitting around 62°, which is pretty normal for this time of year, so no surprises there, but it’s not going to help the quality. You'll see a few days with glassy conditions, like Thursday afternoon the 17th when the wind is dead calm, but the swell is barely a ripple at 0.4m from the ESE. The energy is weak, reading just 25, so it’s flat. A few clean mornings pop up, like Friday the 18th with a cross-offshore breeze, but again, the swell is tiny and you’re not getting a ride worth paddling for.

There’s a glimmer on Saturday the 19th morning – glassy again with a 0.4m swell, and the energy bumps up a bit to 62, but it’s still just "surfable". It’s ordinary. That theme continues until we hit the 24th. That’s when the swell finally shows up. Thursday afternoon the 24th sees the biggest pulse of the entire forecast: 2.3m from the SE with a short period of 7 seconds. The energy is serious, hitting 558, but the problem is it's just too much for Higgins. The forecast flat-out says the break can’t handle it. You’d be looking at a closeout or just a washing machine. The wind is light, but it’s cross-on, so that’s no help. For the average surfer, forget it. If you’re an expert and you know Higgins handles big swell, maybe you’d paddle out, but for most, that’s a kite surfing day with all that power.

After that, things drop back down and get messy. The 25th and 26th are a write-off with strong winds and more poor conditions. The last real chance comes Monday the 28th morning. We get a 0.7m swell from the SE, but the period jumps to 16 seconds – that’s a proper long-period groundswell. The energy is strong at 419, and the wind is a clean cross-offshore. The caveat here is that long period swell often breaks too straight at a beach break like Higgins, so the shape might be a bit tricky, but the conditions will be clean. It’s still only a marginal call. The next day, Tuesday the 29th, has clean conditions again but the swell is dropping.

Honestly, if you’ve got to pick a standout, it’s the 28th morning for the cleanest looks at some real energy, even if it’s not a classic day. But don’t get your hopes up too high for this stretch.

Rusty, signing off.

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