Hunting Island Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let’s talk about Hunting Island.

Right now, we’ve got a stretch of ugly, flat-to-marginal conditions. We are looking at a real dry spell before anything actually worth getting wet for shows up. The first few days from Saturday the 11th through to Monday the 13th keep giving us tiny, weak 1 ft to 3 ft swell with short periods (5-7 seconds) – poor wave energy that barely cracks double digits (18-65). The winds are mostly cross-off or side-shore, so the water's clean, but there's just no push.

There is a big gap with nothing worth paddling out for from the afternoon of Monday the 13th all the way through to the morning of Saturday the 18th. We see some glassy mornings and light breezes, but the swell is still puny – 1 ft to 2 ft – and the energy is low (21-43). Don't bother.

Now, Sunday the 19th morning brings the first hint of life. The swell bumps up to 3 ft from the east with a short 6-second period and moderate energy (80). The wind goes light offshore from the northwest, so it’ll be clean. But it's only “surfable” at best – not a standout, just the first sign things *might* turn.

The real blip, and the only day I’d get hopeful about, comes early on Saturday the 25th. Swell picks up to 4 ft from the south, period is still short at 6 seconds, but the combined energy jumps to 159 (moderate). The wind is a fresh cross-offshore from the southwest, keeping the surface clean. For Hunting Island, that’s the best wave of the whole 16-day run. It’s still a long way off, so don’t lock it in – long-range forecasts are less certain – but if it holds, that morning session could be the one. That afternoon the wind swings onshore and cross, lumping it right up, so get it early.

One thing to note: this is a beach break exposed to the east and south, and the swell direction is south. The optimum direction here is east, so the south swell is a little off-angle. Still, with clean wind and moderate energy, it’s the pick of a very poor bunch. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing wild.

No other day gets a second look. Most of the period is tiny, junk, or blown out. For kite surfers, the afternoon of the 25th with 22 mph cross-shore might look fun, but for a paddle surfer, it’s grim.

This is Rusty, signing off from a flat spell.

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