Hilton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get into it.

Honestly, it's a grim picture for Hilton over the next sixteen days. We've got a solid stretch coming up with very little to get excited about. The first recommendable surf doesn't even pop up until Wednesday the 8th of July, and even then, it's a struggle.

The pattern is pretty flat and uninspiring. Most of the period is dominated by weak, short-period wind swell from the west-northwest that never really builds any decent energy. The combined energy readings are almost all in the double digits (like 19 to 155), which is mostly weak to just barely moderate, and the swell periods are short, often 6 to 8 seconds. That’s just bumpy, local wind chop, not proper groundswell. On top of that, the wind is consistently cross-onshore or onshore, so the surface is going to be choppy and messy. We are looking at a gap of several days with no real recommendation, just poor surf conditions.

The only true standout, if you can call it that, is a brief window around Wednesday the 8th of July. We see the swell height reach 4 ft on Wednesday morning with a combined energy of 143. It’s coming from the WNW with an 8-second period. The break is Hilton, a reef setup that ideally wants a WSW swell, so the direction is off a bit. The wind is cross-on from the SW, so it’s not the cleanest. It’s not great, it's just the least bad we’ve got. From there it tails off into tiny, weak surf with periods of 6-7 seconds and energy dropping back into the double digits.

There’s a tiny uptick around Thursday the 16th and Friday the 17th of July, with swell heights bumping back up to around 3 ft and combined energy pushing toward 94 to 96. But again, it’s short-period wind swell and the wind is mostly cross-on. Nothing here is going to win any awards. The surf just isn't on for this stretch.

The water temperature is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual to report there.

So, if you’ve got a board that you love just for paddling, maybe. Otherwise, for the whole sixteen days, the setup looks more interesting for a kite than a paddle. It’s a flat spell, plain and simple.

Rusty.

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