Hilton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks. Honestly, it’s a pretty grim picture for Hilton. The swell is tiny, and the winds are messy, leaving us with a whole lot of nothing for most of the run. We’re looking at a solid gap with no real surf to speak of from now right through until almost the end of the first week of September.

For the first few days, we’re stuck with tiny waves, mostly around 1 ft to 3 ft from the WNW, but the winds are cross-on or onshore. The combined energy is weak, sitting well under a hundred (14 to 66). This is basically blown-out dribble, not worth paddling out for. Even the mornings are poor. On Saturday the 30th, there’s a bump up to 5 ft from the W (energy hitting 294), but it comes with a risk of storms and moderate cross-onshore wind at 16 mph. That’s just a choppy mess.

We finally get a brief, small window on Tuesday, the 1st of September. The morning at Hilton sees glassy conditions with a light wind from the NW and the ocean flat as a tack at 3 ft from the WNW. The energy is still weak (80) and the period is short (8 seconds) so it’s going to be weak and a bit crumbly. It’s the only time you might get a surfable but ordinary wave. By the afternoon, the wind picks up and chops it out.

The rest of that week into the second week is a real dud. Swells stay under 3 ft with onshore and cross-on winds. Even the glassy mornings on the 2nd and 3rd are only showing 1 ft to 2 ft with no energy to speak of. There’s a slight uptick on the morning of Sunday, the 6th of September with a 5 ft swell from the WNW (energy 267), but it’s still cross-on with a light wind, and the guidance calls it marginal due to tide or conditions.

The best of the whole forecast, although that’s not saying much, is that Sunday morning (September 6th) and the glassy Monday morning of the 7th of September with a small 2 ft swell from the NW. Still short period (7 seconds) and weak energy, so it’s small and gutless. The water temp here is a touch warmer than normal at 86°F, which is nothing special.

This is a long, flat run for Hilton. The wind just won’t play nice, and the swell is too small to clean up. If you’re desperate for a float on a foamie on the 1st or 7th of September in the morning, you might get wet. But for anyone chasing a real wave, there’s nothing to get excited about.

Rusty.

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