Hilton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's look at what we've got here at Hilton for the next 16 days. So far, it's a real bummer. This exposed reef is set up for a WSW swell, but we’re only getting small, weak WNW to NW pulses. It’s the wrong angle on top of everything else.

It kicks off on Saturday, August 29th, with a small, onshore slop. Swell is about 2.3 ft, but the period is a super short 5 seconds – just wind chop. The wind is blowing straight onshore at 18 mph, so it’s a mess. Sunday morning (30th) sees the biggest swell of the whole run: about 5.6 ft from the WNW with an 8-second period, and the wave energy bumps up to moderate (390). But with onshore winds at 9-12 mph, the surface is blown out. The break is inconsistent anyway, so you’re chasing wind slop.

There’s a long gap of days after that with nothing to offer. On Wednesday, September 3rd, we get a glassy morning – completely calm wind – but the swell is laughably small at under 2 ft with a 6-second period and combined energy of only 16 (weak). It’s a flat, clean lake. The water temp here is pretty average for this time of year, no wild anomalies.

Throughout the first week and into the second, we see a few more glassy mornings pop up – on Saturday the 6th, Sunday the 7th, and Wednesday the 9th. But the swell never climbs above about 2.3 ft, with periods between 5 and 8 seconds. Wave energy stays weak to low-moderate (23 to 64). The best looking morning is Thursday, September 10th, with a glassy wind and a 3.0 ft swell at 8 seconds – but even that only has a combined energy of 100, putting it at the very bottom of moderate. You might get a clean but gutless knee-high wave. By the third day of the second week, we’re back to tiny, weak surf with glassy conditions again. It’s clean but there’s just no power.

Long range, it fades out completely. The wave window is just shut for Hilton. The most energy we ever saw was that Sunday morning (30th), but the wind was wrong. There’s not a single standout day here. The guide says the surf is poor to barely surfable the whole time.

Honestly, there are no good surf options in this 16-day window. For a spot this inconsistent and exposed the wrong way, an empty run like this is expected. Conditions here can change fast, but looking at the charts now? There’s nothing to get excited about.

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