Hilton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. To be honest, looking at the next 16 days for Hilton, it’s a pretty flat and frustrating picture. There’s nothing that’s going to get the heart pumping, and no real standout sessions on the horizon. The whole period is weak, so we’re just going to take it day by day.

Right now, the overall pattern is a long stretch of small, mostly onshore wind-affected surf. The water temp is sitting at 85°, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, so you won’t need a thick suit.

We start off Thursday afternoon the 3rd with a tiny 1ft swell from the WNW at a short 5 seconds, and a moderate 12 mph onshore wind from the WNW. The combined energy is a measly 10, so it’s barely a ripple. Poor stuff.

Friday the 4th is more of the same. Morning brings a 1ft NW swell, still 5 seconds, with a light 6 mph cross-onshore wind from the SW. The energy is only 7. Afternoon stays poor with a 1ft WNW swell and 9 mph onshore wind.

Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th are no better. Saturday morning has a 2ft WNW swell (6 seconds) with a light cross-shore wind, but it’s weak at 20 energy. The afternoons get blown out by 12 mph onshore winds.

Monday the 7th morning offers a brief moment of hope with glassy conditions under a light 3 mph wind from the SW, but the swell is only 2ft from the WNW at 8 seconds, and the energy is just 37. It’s clean but tiny. The afternoon gets choppy again.

Tuesday the 8th and Wednesday the 9th are almost identical. Glassy mornings with tiny 2ft and 1.0ft swell respectively, then the afternoons get wrecked by onshore winds. The energy drops to 9 on Wednesday morning.

Thursday the 10th is the closest we get to a pulse. The morning sees a 3ft swell from the WNW at 8 seconds, with a light cross-shore wind. The combined energy hits 110, which is moderate. It’s the biggest swell of the run, but the quality is still poor. The afternoon sees 4ft and 128 energy, but with a 12 mph onshore wind, it’ll be a messy close-out.

The rest of the run from Friday the 11th right through to Friday the 18th is a wasteland of tiny swell, poor conditions, and onshore winds. Every day shows “poor surf conditions” and the scores are all zeros. The swell never gets above 3ft again, and the energy stays well under 100 most days, except for a brief blip on Wednesday the 16th where it hits 101 and 103 in the morning and afternoon, but that’s still a 3ft WNW swell under cross-onshore winds – not worth paddling out for.

There’s simply nothing to recommend here. It’s a long, blank run of disappointing surf. Hilton is a reef/jetties setup that’s inconsistent at the best of times, and this forecast is a perfect example of why. Even the small windows of glassy conditions had no swell to back them up.

Keep the boards in the car, but don’t hold your breath. This one’s a write-off.

Rusty.

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