Huntington Cliffs Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Gutted, folks. Truth is, looking out over the next sixteen days, there’s just nothing here that’s gonna get the heart racing. For Huntington Cliffs, it’s a long, flat, and pretty bleak stretch. We’re looking at a real drought in the surf department. The next two and a half weeks are shaping up to be a write-off for getting any proper waves. Don’t expect much, because the ocean’s just not giving us anything to work with.

The one sliver of hope, and I mean a tiny sliver, is early doors. Friday morning, the 31st, there’s a pulse of 4ft of south swell, with a period around 14 seconds. The combined energy is weak at 500. It’s technically the best of the bunch, but the score is still poor, and the early offshore wind is the only thing that’ll make it look any good. It’s small, it’s weak, and it’s marginal at best. After that, it just drops off a cliff.

From Saturday the 1st through to the 6th, it’s flat and poor. We’re talking swell heights that just tickle the 1ft mark, short-period, weak stuff. The combined energy is either weak or barely moderate, often in the 80-160 range, which is just sad. Winds are mostly onshore or cross-onshore, making a mess of what little there is. You’re better off finding something else to do.

There’s another faint blip on Friday the 7th. A long-period groundswell from the south-southwest pushes in with a 19 second period. But here’s the catch – it’s only 2ft. All that energy and it’s barely breaking. For a break like this, those long-period swells can be weird anyway, too straight to make decent peaks. The energy is moderate, around 300, but it’s a tease more than anything.

The following week, from the 8th to the 15th, is more of the same. The swell never gets above 3ft, and those bigger swell directions from the southwest keep the energy at that moderate level, but there’s no power behind it. The wind doesn’t help either, with a lot of onshore and cross-onshore conditions. It’s just two weeks of small, weak, and sloppy surf. Everything is underscored by consistently poor surf conditions and zero scores across the board.

So, honestly, for the entire forecast period, Huntington Cliffs is a no-go. Looking at the big picture, there's just no decent swell. It’s a bummer, but it happens. The water temp, by the way, is about average for the time of year. We just gotta be patient and hope the ocean gets its act together. Forecasts change, but for now, keep the board in the car and the wax in the wrapper.

Rusty.

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