Huntington Cliffs Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Rusty here, and I’ve gotta be straight with you – Huntington Cliffs is looking like a proper struggle for the next two weeks. The swell is small, the wind is all wrong, and the scores are low. We’ve got no real standouts to shout about, just a few mornings that might be worth a paddle if you’re super keen. Let’s break it down.

We start off on Wednesday, August 19th, with a tiny 3ft SSW swell and a 15-second period, which gives the place a bit of juice but the wind is on it. The morning is the best shot with light SW winds at 3 mph, but the waves are already described as marginal. The combined energy is weak (327), so it’s not exactly firing. The afternoon gets worse with cross-onshore winds, and the water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing weird.

Thursday, August 20th, through to Tuesday, August 25th, is a flat spell really. The swell drops to 2ft to 2ft, all from the SSW, with periods around 13 to 16 seconds. The wind is mostly cross-on or onshore, and the energy is weak (between 154 and 486). It’s poor conditions, and the afternoons are all a write-off. The mornings are listed as “marginal” at best, so you’d be scraping the barrel.

We finally get a slight bump on Saturday, August 29th, with the swell hitting 3ft to 3ft from the SSW. The morning has light S winds at 6 mph, which is cross-on, but the energy bumps up to 523 (moderate). Still, the wave quality is described as marginal, and the afternoon goes to poor. Not a day to get excited about.

Then Sunday, August 30th, and Monday, August 31st, are similar – 3ft to 3ft SSW swell, but the wind is always a problem. The Monday afternoon actually sees a 5ft W swell but with a short 8-second period, and the wind is cross-on, so it’s messy and not worth it.

The first week of September is more of the same: tiny 2ft to 2ft SSW swell, onshore winds, and weak energy. The mornings are marginal, but the afternoons are all poor.

Honestly, there’s no standout here. The best you can hope for is a dawn patrol on a morning with light wind, like Wednesday the 19th or Monday the 24th, but even then, the swell is tiny and the conditions are questionable. It’s a long stretch of nothing, and with a break that’s fairly consistent, this is a real bummer. The forecasts can change, but for now, I’d hang up the board and go do something else.

Rusty

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