Hooks Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty comin' at ya from the Hooks. Let's get straight into it, because honestly, we're looking at a pretty bleak stretch of water for the next couple of weeks.

First up, the water temp is sittin' right around 85°, which is pretty much what you'd expect for this time of year. No surprises there.

The next 16 days are a real struggle. We've got a massive gap with absolutely nothing to get excited about. From Thursday the 20th of August right through to the end of the month, it's a graveyard of tiny, weak swell. We're talkin' waves mostly under 1 ft, with periods all over the shop but rarely holding any real power. The combined energy levels are pathetic, mostly in the 15 to 80 range, which is just weak energy. It's a long, flat run.

There's a tiny flicker of something on the morning of Sunday the 23rd of August. We get a bit of a long-period groundswell from the ESE at 0.7 ft, but with a period of 13 seconds. The energy is still weak, at 41. The wind is light offshore from the west, which is a major positive, making for clean surf. But honestly, 0.7 ft is barely a ripple. It's surfable, but it's only going to be for the most patient and desperate of us. The crowds are *sometimes* around here, but with conditions this ordinary, I doubt you'll have to fight for a bump.

Moving into the second week, the pattern doesn't improve. The end of August and the start of September are the same story: tiny surf, messy cross-onshore winds, and choppy conditions. The water temp anomaly doesn't change, so it's still just average.

Even the very last few days of the forecast, we see a small bump in energy on the 2nd and 3rd of September, with combined energy reaching 100 and 125 (moderate wave energy), but the swell direction is all over the place and the period is short, around 6 to 9 seconds. The wind is consistently cross-onshore, making it choppy and unappealing. On the 3rd of September, the swell height hits 5 ft, but with a 6-second period and cross-onshore wind, it's gonna be a messy, lumpy close-out. That's more of a kite-surfing setup than a paddling one.

So, to be honest, there isn't a single standout break here. The Hooks is our only option, and it's just not delivering. We've got a long, dry spell ahead. Sometimes it just goes like that here. Forecasts can change, but right now, I'd be finding something else to do for the next two weeks.

Rusty.

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