Hooks Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk about what’s happening at Hooks. I’m Rusty, and I’ll be honest – it’s a lean stretch of days ahead. The first chance to get wet starts Tuesday morning, 18 August, and the pattern is small and ordinary for the most part.

The water is sitting at 84°F, which is about average for this time of year, so comfortable.

Tuesday morning the 18th kicks things off with a tiny 1ft swell out of the ESE with a period of 8 seconds. The combined energy is weak (41). The wind is a gentle offshore from the WNW at 15 km/h, and that’s giving us clean conditions. It’s a “surfable wave but very ordinary.” For the next week, this is about as good as it gets, which says a lot. It’s for the beginners or anyone who just wants to bob around.

From Wednesday the 19th through the end of the month, it’s a lot of poor surf. The swell stays tiny, rarely even hitting 2ft, and the wind is often cross or onshore, making it choppy. The energy numbers drop into the 20s and 30s a lot. There’s a brief moment on Saturday afternoon the 22nd where the wind goes glassy, but the swell is only 1ft with a 9-second period, so still tiny. That’s a gap of slim pickings for over a week.

We get a little more juice moving into the last week of August. On Thursday morning the 27th, we have a fresh 30 km/h cross-offshore wind from the SSW, but the swell is only 1ft with a 13-second period, combining for 101. It’s clean, but the size is just not there. The best window in the whole forecast looks like Friday afternoon the 28th of August. The morning is clean with a 2ft ESE swell at 11 seconds (107 energy), and then the afternoon goes glassy, with the swell picking up to 3ft from the same direction at 11 seconds (149 energy). That’s the most energy we see in the whole run, and the wind is calm. It’s still small, but it’s the cleanest, most promising session in the forecast. That’s the one to circle, but don’t expect anything overhead.

Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th go back to onshore wind and small surf, and then into September, the swell picks up a bit in size but the conditions get messy. Tuesday morning the 1st of September has a 3ft NE swell with a short 4-second period, and clean cross-offshore wind, but it’s weak. Then Wednesday morning the 2nd of September has a 1ft ESE swell with a very long 13-second period, and the combined energy is 119, but it’s cross-shore and a bit choppy. The long period suggests some shape, but it’s tiny.

Stick with the 28th of August afternoon for the best chance of a clean, glassy session on a gentle little wave. The rest is a waiting game.

Rusty.

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