Hilton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Damn, folks. Rusty here. Let's be straight with you – lookin' at that 16-day window for the Hilton reef, and honestly, it's a tough pill to swallow. This isn't one of those weeks where you're gonna be fightin' for a peak. We've got a decent little wave magnet in a right-hand reef setup that ideally wants a good solid WSW to really fire, but the ocean just isn't cooperating.

The start is slow. real slow. The combined swell energy is barely registering a pulse, sitting at a weak 53 on Tuesday the 1st. We’re talking tiny 2ft NW windswell with a short, punchless 7-second period. The water temp? It's a balmy 85°, which is actually a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you won't need the thickest rubber.

Now, Tuesday the 1st morning is your only real chance and the only thing I’d even hint as a “standout” in this whole run. The wind is dead calm – glass. That's a big positive. For that one brief moment, that 2ft (2ft) of NW swell might actually look a bit fun on the high tide, though it's gonna be gutless. But as soon as that afternoon hits? Forget it. The NW wind pipes up to 12 mph cross-onshore, and it's just a choppy, blown-out mess.

After that, it’s a wasteland. From Tuesday afternoon all the way through to Monday the 7th, the surf is basically not recommended. The swell drops to 2ft or smaller, the period is short, and the wind is almost always junk from the NW – either cross-on or straight onshore. The combined energy just bottoms out, hitting a pathetic 7 and 11 on Thursday. You're not going anywhere in that.

The early mornings on the 7th, 8th, and 9th offer a glimmer with more glassy conditions, but the swell is still tiny – 2ft to 2ft. The combined energy gets back up to a moderate-ish 54 on the 9th, which sounds better, but that's still a weak, crumbly wave. It's surfable but very ordinary. You'd be scratching for a ripple.

Looking further out, it doesn't get any easier. The second week of September is the same story. More tiny swell, more onshore wind afternoons. We get another glassy morning on Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th, but with 2ft to 2ft of weak windswell, it's barely enough to wet your fins. The combined energy on the 13th is a meager 15. It's a long stretch of small, weak waves with bad afternoon wind. This spot is inconsistent as it is, and this forecast is just a blank run for the area.

Hilton is a reef break, and for beginners, this weak small stuff is probably okay for a splash, but anything over 5ft can be too big for them – we aren't even close. The only real takeaway here is those glassy mornings on the 1st, 9th, and maybe the 12th. But don't get your hopes up. It's strictly a longboard or a foamie morning.

Rusty out.

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