Horseneck Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – we’re looking at a pretty grim stretch ahead at Horseneck Beach. If you’re dreaming of a proper surf session, you might wanna look at a different hobby for the next couple of weeks.

The water temp is sitting at about 71°, which is pretty much what you’d expect for this time of year. But the swell story is a sad one. We’re looking at a long, long gap with no real surf. From Tuesday the 25th of August right through to Monday the 7th of September, there’s nothing on offer that’s worth paddling out for. It’s a flat spell of over a week, with tiny, weak, short-period swell barely registering. The combined wave energy is low – often only 8 to 38 (weak energy), and when it does get a little bump, the wind is messy, mostly cross or cross-onshore.

The best we get in that period is a brief tease on Saturday morning, August 29th. There’s a light north breeze making for clean conditions, and the swell is a tiny 2 ft from the S with a 7-second period, but the energy is still weak at 64. It’s not going to give you much to work with. For the rest of that first week, it’s wind-chopped or just too small to even consider.

Moving into September, we get a couple of clean mornings. On the 2nd, a light north-northeasterly cleans it up, but the swell is only 0.7 ft with a long 12-second period from the SSE. That’s groundswell, but it’s just not enough height to break proper. The combined energy is weak (24). Then on the 5th, a light offshore from the NE cleans it up again, but again, it’s only 0.7 ft.

The only glimmer of something different comes on Wednesday the 9th of September. The afternoon brings a proper offshore wind from the NW at 12 mph, setting things up clean. The swell is 1 ft from the SE with a period of 10 seconds, and the energy bumps up to 54. Still not big, but that clean offshore wind and a bit of groundswell is the only time it might look half-decent.

But honestly? For a beginner-friendly beach that needs a clean swell, there’s just no quality window here. It’s a solid 13-day stretch of "poor surf conditions" from the 25th of August through the 6th of September. The inconsistency of the break isn’t helping, but in this case, the forecasts are just barren. If you see a bit of chop on the bigger wind days, it might be more fun for a kite surfer than a paddler.

Maybe the forecasts change, but right now? Don’t bother waxing up.

Rusty.

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