Huntington Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what's cookin' for Huntington Beach over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it's a bit of a slow grind for a while, but there's a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel.

The pattern over the next week and a bit is pretty lackluster. We've got small, weak swell hanging around, and those cross-onshore winds are gonna mess up the surface. Expect a lot of choppy, bumpy conditions with very little push. There's a solid gap here – from now until around the 17th of July – where you're better off doing something else. The combined swell energy is weak, mostly sitting in the low hundreds (like 355 down to 125), and the wave heights are barely cracking 2.3ft. It's just not doing anything for us.

Now, the 18th of July (Saturday morning) is where things get interesting. We finally see a pulse of new energy coming in from the SSE, pushing the combined energy up to a strong 1135. Wave heights will jump to about 4ft, with a solid 17-second period on that morning. It’s a long-period groundswell, so at a beach break like Huntington Beach (United States), it might break a little too straight and fat, but it'll have some grunt. The morning looks best with a light breeze, keeping it cleaner than what we've been dealing with. It's still a marginal call with the tide, but it's the most promising we've got.

Then on the 19th (Sunday morning), the swell gets even bigger, pushing 6ft with 15-second periods from the S. The combined energy shoots up to 1589. That's a lot of water moving, but it's paired with a cross-onshore wind, so it's gonna be a messy and lumpy. This size is getting into the range that's really only for the experienced crew, as it'll be a handful in a straight beach break like this.

So, for the one true standout here, I’m pointing at the morning of Saturday, 18 July. It’s not perfect, but it's the best on offer. You get a real bump in size to 4ft from the SSE, with better energy and cleaner conditions than anything we've seen. Get on it early before the wind ruins the fun.

Stay patient, gang.

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