Horseneck Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright surfers, Rusty here. Gonna level with ya: the next couple a weeks are lookin’ pretty bleak and flat. We got a long stretch of tiny, weak windswell and lousy wind. Don’t get stoked yet.

The first real taste of anything worth a look is still a week and a half out, and even then there’s a catch. Our only spot in the mix is Horseneck Beach, and it’s gonna be a long wait.

The water’s sittin’ at a normal 71° for this time a year, so you won’t be shiverin’ while you stare at flat water.

First few days are a total write-off. Monday the 24th through the end of the month is all tiny, weak swell from the south with onshore or cross-shore slop. The wave energy is barely in the double digits, mostly between 10 and 46 – real weak. The period is short, 4 to 9 seconds, just choppy, disorganised junk.

There’s a tiny glimmer Saturday the 29th morning with some cross-offshore wind from the north and clean conditions on a piddly 2ft S swell (energy 46), but it’s tiny and won’t stick around.

Into the first week of September, we stay flat. On Monday the 31st a August, we get a slight bump to 3ft from the SSW with a cross-offshore wind in the afternoon, and energy climbs to 95. Still not worth wettin’ a suit, but at least it’s cleaner.

The first week a September is a grind. Tuesday the 1st has some real long-period groundswell (15 seconds) but it’s only 1ft from the SSE. That’s total flatness. Nothin’ to ride.

Finally, a bit a life shows on Thursday the 3rd a September. Swell picks to 2ft–2ft from the south with a 14-second period. Energy jumps to 123 in the morning and 182 in the afternoon. Wind is cross-off from the NE, so it’s clean. This is *the* standout of the whole outlook, but it’s still only knee-to-waist high.

But the real standout, if you’re experienced, is Friday the 4th a September. This is the best we got. Swell is 2ft in the morning and 3ft in the afternoon from the SSE, with a solid 13–14 second period. Combined energy is strong – 188 in the morning and a huge 424 in the afternoon. That’s punchin’ well above the height. Wind goes full offshore from the N-NNW. The guidance says "fresh offshore and clean," then "strong offshore and clean but hard to paddle into." So, it’ll be clean, lined-up, and powerful for the size, but that 25 mph offshore breeze will be a fight to get out, and the 3ft swell with that energy might be too much for beginners. For the experts, it’s the only real session in the whole 16 days.

After that, it drops back off. Saturday the 5th still has clean offshore wind and a fading 2ft swell, but it’s a shadow of Friday. By Sunday afternoon, it’s back to onshore junk.

In short: Don’t bother for the next week and a half. If you’re an expert, pencil in Friday the 4th a September at Horseneck Beach. The rest of us are on a waiting game.

Rusty.

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