Hilton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here.

First up, I’m looking at Hilton. This is a reef break, exposed to swell from the west-southwest. It’s an inconsistent spot, and it’s a beginner-friendly wave, but don’t let that fool you—this forecast is a tough one.

We’ve got a long stretch of nothing happening. From Tuesday, 1st September, right through to the morning of Saturday, 6th September, it’s just poor surf. We’re talking tiny, weak waves with cross-onshore winds messing up the surface. The combined swell energy is way down, struggling to get into double figures on most days (43 for the first Tuesday afternoon, then dropping to 19, 14, 7… you get the picture). The water is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year at 85°F, which is nice for a dip, but not for surfing.

The best we see is on the morning of Sunday, 6th September. We get a glassy window with a light southwesterly, and the swell bumps up to 3ft from the west-northwest. The period is 8 seconds, so it’s a short-period wind swell, but the combined energy hits 67. It’s described as "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." It’s not going to blow your mind, but it’s the only real chance to get wet in the whole 16-day window. The crowd factor is "sometimes," so you might have company.

After that, it’s back to the same old story. We get a few more glassy mornings, like Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th, but the swell is tiny (2ft) and the energy is low (26 and 23 respectively). The morning of Thursday, 10th September, sees a 3ft swell with glassy conditions and energy of 74, so that’s another okay option, but again, it’s "very ordinary." The afternoons are consistently ruined by increasing cross-onshore winds.

The pattern repeats all the way through to the morning of Wednesday, 16th September. We get a cleaner morning with a light north-northeasterly cross-offshore wind, but the swell is a pathetic 1ft from the north-west with an energy of just 8. There’s simply no real swell to work with.

In short, the only standout is that Sunday morning, 6th September. It’s a small, glassy, beginner-friendly window. For the rest of the 16 days, you’ll be looking at a flat lake. The setup looks more interesting for a kite than a paddle, to be honest.

Rusty.

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