Hunting Island Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. This is Rusty.

Honestly, it's a rough stretch for Hunting Island. We’re looking at a long 16-day window, and I gotta tell you, there’s no real green light in there. The whole pattern is pretty flat and messy. You’ll see a few pulses of size, but the wind just wrecks it every time. There’s a solid gap of nothing really worth paddling out for from now until about Tuesday the 15th, where we get a spike in swell but with all the wrong conditions attached.

Right now, through the 14th, it’s tiny. Sunday morning the 13th offers up a clean 2 ft from the southeast with a light offshore from the WSW, but the combined wave energy is weak at 57, and the wave comment calls it poor surf. Monday morning the 14th looks glassy with a 2 ft swell from the ESE and only 52 energy, but again, poor surf conditions – just no juice.

Then Tuesday the 15th, the swell jumps. We get 6 ft from the east, period a short 6 seconds, with a combined energy of 229 (moderate). That's not a beginner wave, but the wind is a strong cross-onshore from the ENE at 22 mph, so it’s lumpy and blown out. Same story Wednesday the 16th: 5 ft from the ENE, period still short at 6 seconds, energy at 168, but cross-onshore wind again. This is more of a kite-surfing setup than a clean paddle session.

Things mellow out again from the 18th through the 20th with tiny surf under 2 ft and not much energy. Another bump arrives Monday the 21st: 5 ft from the ENE, period 7 seconds, energy 220, but once again, cross-onshore winds. That pattern of moderate sized, short period, onshore junk continues right through to the 25th. The absolute biggest day looks like Wednesday the 23rd with 6 ft from the east, period 7 seconds, and the highest combined energy in the whole run at 326. But it’s cross-onshore and choppy, so it’s going to be a mess.

There’s a tiny window on Saturday the 26th morning with a clean 2 ft from the east, but the period is only 7 seconds and energy is low at 73. Not exactly worth the drive. The last day in the run, Sunday the 27th morning, goes glassy with a 1.0 ft from the ENE, energy at 26. Flat and clean, but flat.

So what’s the standout? There isn’t one. The only break in the entire window is Hunting Island, and all the best-sized days are blown out with onshore or cross-onshore winds. If you’re desperate, the cleanest conditions come with practically no swell. This is one of those blank runs where the area just isn’t cooperating. Keep an eye on it though, it doesn’t stay this quiet forever.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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