Hilton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty checkin' in from Hilton. Let's get real about what's on offer.

Honestly, surfers, the next week or two are a tough watch around here. The forecast is a long stretch of small, weak, and often messy waves. We've got a lot of days where the wind is just wrong, and the swell barely has any grunt. The Hilton break is a reef setup, but for the foreseeable future, it's not offering much.

Starting off from Saturday afternoon, the 25th of July, we get a brief pulse of swell, 5 ft from the WNW, but the period is a short 8 seconds and the wind is onshore from the west at 9 mph. Combine all that weak energy (264) and you get poor conditions. It's not the day to rush out. Sunday, the 26th, is even smaller – 3 ft, shorter period, and the wind stays onshore. By Tuesday morning, the 28th, we finally get a clean moment. The swell drops to a tiny 2 ft from the NW (6 seconds), but with glassy conditions off a light WSW breeze. The water temp is sitting at 84°, a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. You could get a longboard out and wobble around, but the energy is miniscule (43). It's surfable but very ordinary. That glassy window repeats on Thursday morning, the 30th, with a similar 3 ft, 7-second WNW swell and clean conditions – again, just small and weak (70). Sunday morning, the 2nd of August, and Monday morning, the 3rd of August also offer brief windows of glass with tiny knee-high swell. That's really the best of it.

The rest of the days are dominated by moderate onshore and cross-onshore winds, mostly from the NW, which will chop up anything rideable into a messy bump. The swell height stays well under 3 ft for the entire run, and periods are short – typically 5 to 8 seconds. This means weak, crumbly waves at best. The combined wave energy barely cracks triple digits on a few afternoons, but it's not quality.

There's no standout session here. The best option – and I use that term lightly – would be those glassy mornings I mentioned. For a beginner, it's safe and small, but there's nothing that gets the heart pumping. The setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer on those cross-on days than for a paddle surfer.

Don't expect a solid run of swell for a while. It's a tough patch. Stay patient. Forecasts can change, but today, it's a waiting game.

Rusty

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