Hilton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it for the Hilton area. Gotta be honest with you, looking at this 16-day window… it’s a tough one. We’ve got a long, dry spell of nothing special before a little pulse of energy shows up late in the game.

The outlook kicks off with a tiny bit of hope on Tuesday the 18th. The morning is the only real window in the first week and a half. We’re looking at a small 3ft swell from the west-northwest, with a short period of 7 seconds – that’s just windswell, folks, no real grunt. The combined energy is weak at 84. But the wind is glassy, coming in from the west at only 3 mph. That’s the key – it’ll be clean. For a beginner-friendly reef break, this is a very gentle, manageable wave, but it’s not going to get your heart racing. The water temp is about average for this time of year.

After that, it’s a brutal run. From Tuesday afternoon right through until the end of August, the forecast is filled with onshore and cross-onshore winds, choppy conditions, and tiny, poor-quality surf. The swell drops to 1.0ft to 2ft with periods of 5 to 6 seconds. The combined energy is in the teens and twenties – basically nothing. It’s a flat spell. The wind is mostly from the north-west and west, just ruining whatever little bump is there.

We finally get a glimmer of life on the 28th, a Friday. The afternoon brings a jump in height to 3ft and a period of 9 seconds, with combined energy hitting a moderate 133. But it’s onshore from the west at 12 mph, making it messy and poor. Not worth paddling out.

The standout, if you can call it that, is the morning of Saturday the 29th. This is the best we’ve got. The swell picks up to 4ft from the west-northwest, with a period of 8 seconds. The combined energy is a moderate 202, so there’s finally some push. The wind is a light cross-onshore from the west-southwest at 6 mph, which isn’t perfect but will keep it from being a total mess. It’s described as marginal, but considering the drought, this is the only window with any real size. For a reef break that’s inconsistent, you’ll want to be on it early. Keep in mind the optimum swell direction for Hilton is west-southwest, and this is coming from the west-northwest, so it’s not perfectly aligned.

After that, it’s back to poor conditions through the 31st and into September. The morning of the 2nd of September offers another small window with 3ft swell and a light cross-offshore breeze from the north-northeast, giving clean conditions, but the energy is low at 60. It’s surfable, but very ordinary.

Overall, if you’re desperate, aim for the morning of the 29th. It’s the only real size on offer, but don’t expect perfection. Everything else is a write-off for a proper paddle session.

Rusty.

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