Hitherhills Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, listen up. This is Rusty, and I’m looking at the only game in town for the next couple of weeks. It’s a pretty bleak picture for the most part, so let’s get into it.

Straight up, the outlook for the next fortnight is pretty poor. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak swell and messy conditions dominating the forecast. There’s really only one small window that’s worth mentioning.

We’re starting off on Friday the 28th of August, and through the whole first week into early September, it’s a write-off. We're looking at tiny swell, mostly under 2 ft, with a combined energy that barely ticks over, often below 100. The wind is all over the place, mostly cross-shore or onshore, making for chop and junk. A couple of mornings, like Saturday the 29th and Monday the 31st, look clean on the surface, but with only 1 ft to 2 ft of weak SE swell, it’s just not enough to paddle for.

We hit a bit of a dry spell through the start of September 1st and 2nd, with more small surf and messy wind. A solid onshore breeze on the 3rd and 4th keeps things ugly.

Now, here’s the one bright spot. On Saturday, the 5th of September, there’s a little pulse of energy. The morning is looking glassy with a 3 mph variable wind, and that ESE swell jumps to 1 ft but with a much longer period of 12 seconds. The energy climbs to 65. It’s not big, but that long period groundswell will give it a bit of push and shape, especially for a spot like Hitherhills, which is an exposed SE (optimum direction) break. It’s a beginner-friendly, fairly consistent spot, so those tiny, clean waves will be rideable and fun for a learner. The crowd is listed as ‘sometimes’, so you might have it to yourself. The water temp anomaly isn't mentioned, so it's around average for this time of year.

That’s the highlight. After that, the energy fades again into the second week. There’s a brief moment on Sunday the 6th in the afternoon with glassy conditions and another 2 ft, 12-second ESE swell (energy 114), but it’s still tiny. Then a strong, clean offshore wind on Monday the 7th gives a nice texture, but again only 2 ft to 2 ft of swell. The rest of the forecast into September 12th is just more of the same: small, weak, and generally poor.

For the experienced surfer, there’s nothing to get excited about. This is a spell for the longboard or just keeping the rust off on a foamie.

Rusty.

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