Hitherhills Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get into it.

Well, folks, it’s a tough stretch ahead for Hitherhills. Honestly, for the next week and a half you're looking at a whole lot of flat and funky. The water temp is sitting right on 70°, which is bang on average for this time of year, nothin’ weird there.

We start off Saturday the 12th with a tiny 1ft southeast swell, but it's onshore and messy. Total dud. Sunday the 13th ain't much better— a bit of a bump in size to 3ft in the afternoon, and a westerly offshore breeze actually cleans it up, but that swell period is a short 5 seconds, so it’s weak and crumbly. It's surfable, I guess, if you're desperate. Not worth the paddle, mate.

Monday and Tuesday the 14th and 15th are all poor. More tiny junky waves with cross-shore winds chopping everything up. It’s just not happening. This flat spell drags on through the whole week right up to Saturday the 19th, where we see a little 3ft east swell on the morning, but again, short period and the wind is light. Surfable but ordinary – that’s the best we got for a while.

After that, it’s back to near nothing, just small messy waves through Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday the 22nd. On Tuesday the 22nd things get interesting but for the wrong reasons. The swell tries to jump to 6ft from the ESE, but the wind is screaming from the east at a full 28 mph, onshore and messy. The combined wave energy is a moderate 375, but with that wind, it’s just a churned-up mess. Not paddle surfing. That setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Now, here's the one true standout in the whole outlook. Wednesday the 23rd of September. The swell is a solid 6ft to 7ft from the east, with a period of 8 seconds, and the wind goes glassy in the morning – absolutely dead calm. That’s clean! Combined energy hits a strong 458 to 504. This is the day for the experienced crew. A 7ft wave is getting into expert-only territory, especially if you’re a beginner. But for the boys who know what they’re doing, that clean, glassy morning will offer the best waves of the entire 16-day window. It’s not a guarantee from this far out, but it’s our best shot.

Thursday the 24th is a once-in-a-blue-moon situation for swell size – 8ft with a long 10-second period and combined energy roaring to 950 to 1043 (very strong wave energy). Problem is the wind is a howling 28 mph from the north, cross-offshore but so strong it'll be messy. This is for big-wave chargers only, and even then, it’ll be a battle. After that, the swell drops back down through the end of the month.

So to wrap it up: absolute tumbleweeds for the first 10 days. Mark your calendar for Wednesday the 23rd, glassy morning, for your best chance at some decent, powerful surf. Everything else is a scratch.

Rusty.

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