Hilton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's talk about what's on the table for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it's a rough start. The first week and a half is pretty much a write-off. We're looking at a solid gap from now until the morning of Monday, July 27th, with no real surf to speak of. The waves are tiny, the wind is mostly onshore or cross-shore, and the energy levels are just pathetic. The swell is short-period, messy, and inconsistent. You'd be better off waxing your board and staring at it.

Now, on Monday, July 27th, the picture finally changes a little. The morning brings a glassy session at Hilton (reef/jetties). The wind is dead calm – glassy, just like we like it. The swell is still small, only 2.3 ft from the WNW, with a period of 8 seconds, giving the water a combined energy of 51 (weak). It's surfable, but only just. It's a "very ordinary" kind of day, but for a beginner spot like this, it's about as good as it's going to get for a while. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing to write home about.

After that morning, it goes back to the same old story. The wind picks up again, the swell stays small, and the energy figures drop back down into the teens and twenties. There's a few glassy mornings here and there on July 28th and August 3rd, but the swell is so tiny – 1.3 ft to 2.3 ft – that it's just not worth paddling out for.

Honestly, there's no standout session in this 16-day window. The best you're going to get is that Monday morning on July 27th at Hilton. If you're a beginner and you just want to get wet, it's your only real shot. The swell is coming from the WNW, which is close to the optimum direction for this spot, but the size just isn't there. For everyone else, it's a waiting game. The good news is that several of the mornings are glassy, so if a real swell ever shows up, the conditions will be prime. But for now, it's a flat spell.

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