Horseneck Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let's take a hard look at Horseneck Beach over the next couple of weeks. I'm not gonna sugarcoat it – we're looking at a long, dry spell before we might see anything half decent.

The whole 16-day window opens with mostly tiny, weak, and wind-battered conditions. There's a big gap of basically no surf worth mentioning from now, right through the end of August and into the first week of September. Day after day of poor surf conditions and cross-shore or onshore winds just chopping up what little swell there is. You'll see wind speeds around 12 mph and up, with swell heights barely cracking 3 ft and periods all over the place, mostly short. The combined swell energy stays in the low double digits to low triple digits for days—just weak, messy stuff.

Now, the first real flicker of hope shows up on Saturday, August 29th morning. We get a clearing sky, a light NNE breeze turning cross-offshore, and a little 2 ft S swell at 7 seconds. The energy bumps to 47 (weak), and the water's a mild 71° here – that's about average for the time of year. It's clean, but it's only for a half day. Nothing to get excited about.

Then, on Monday, September 7th morning, we finally get something worth paddling out for. A 5 ft SSW swell rolls in with an 8-second period and a solid combined energy of 254 (moderate wave energy). The wind is offshore out of the NW at a light 6 mph, so that morning session should be clean with the tide pushing in and some shape. That's the standout of the whole forecast, but don't expect a classic break – it's a sandbar setup, so it'll be a bit unpredictable. It's only a 1/5 in the difficulty scale on a bigger day, so beginners should probably sit this one out. It also always gets some crowd pressure, so expect company.

That Monday morning is the only bright spot before conditions backslide again.

In short, it's a patient man's game. We've got a long haul of nothing, then one promising Monday morning on the 7th of September. After that, the wind swings onshore again and the swell fades. Keep your eyes peeled for forecast changes, but for now, you're not missing much.

– Rusty.

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