Hooks Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Gutted, folks. I’ve been staring at the charts for the next couple of weeks, and honestly, it’s a tough one to write up. There’s no sugar-coating it: we’ve got a long stretch of flat, messy, and uninviting surf ahead. The first real window where you'd even bother checking the tide is around Friday morning the 11th, but even that’s a stretch.

The whole 16-day run is dominated by weak, short-period wind swell. We’re looking at a lot of days with combined energy readings in the 20s, 30s, and low 40s – that’s weak, anemic stuff. For the first several days, through Tuesday the 8th and Wednesday the 9th, we have onshore winds and swell around 3ft to 4ft at 6-8 seconds. That’s just bumpy, crumbly junk. The water temp is sitting about 85°F, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year – a small mercy, but that’s where the good news ends.

There is a tiny, tiny blip on Friday morning the 11th. Swell drops to 2ft, but the wind goes light and cross-offshore from the SW. The energy is a weak 40, but it’s the cleanest we’ll see for a while. The combined energy is still in the weak category, so it’ll be small and fun for a longboard if you’re desperate, but it’s not going to blow anyone’s mind.

Saturday morning the 12th might be the closest thing to a standout, and even that’s a relative term. We get a glassy morning with the swell at 2ft from the ESE, period at 7 seconds, and the energy is a paltry 35. It’s glassy, which will make it look better than it is, but there’s just no push. You’ll be paddling around a lot for nothing. The period is short, so it’s going to be soft and crumbly, not really reeling down the line.

After that, it’s a long, sad grind. From Saturday afternoon the 12th, through the second week of the forecast, it’s all cross-onshore winds, tiny swell dropping down to 1.0ft, and energy readings that barely get above 50. The swell direction is stuck in the ESE/SE quadrant, which is not the optimum for Hooks (they want NE), so even the smallest bit of energy is being wasted. There is a complete dead zone from the 13th through the 23rd—massive gaps of days with nothing but knee-high slop.

I see a bit of a bump around the 23rd, with the swell trying to push back up to 3ft, but the wind is a fresh 35 km/h onshore from the ENE. That’s not a surf forecast; that’s a wind report. The energy is still moderate at best, 86, but with that wind, it’s just going to be a choppy, blown-out mess. Honestly, for that stretch, the setup at the beach looks more interesting for a kite session than a paddle surf.

Hooks is a fairly consistent break, but this kind of blank run happens. It won’t stay this poor forever, and the long-range charts are something we’ll keep an eye on, but for the next two weeks, keep the board in the car and maybe take up fishing.

Rusty

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