Huntington Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your longboard and some patience, because the next couple of weeks are going to be a grind down at Huntington Pier. There’s not a whole lot of love on the horizon. We've got a stretch of small, junky swell and cross-onshore winds messing things up for a solid week and a half.

Right out of the gate, Tuesday the 8th sees a little 3ft SW groundswell, but the morning cross-onshore breeze just puts a ruffle on it, and by the afternoon it's full on choppy mush. There's some moderate energy around, but it's not translating into anything rideable. And then the lights go out. From Wednesday the 9th all the way through to Thursday the 19th, it's a desert. The swell stays tiny, around 2ft to 3ft, but the wind is almost always cross-on or side-shore, and the models are calling it all poor. Every now and then the wind will ease, but the swell is just too weak, with short periods, so it's just a flat, grovelly mess. We’re talking a solid week or more with nothing to ride. It’s gonna be a real test of character.

Good news is the water temp is about average for this time of year, so you won't be freezing while you're staring at nothing.

The tide finally starts to turn around the 20th. We see a proper pulse of long-period energy from the SW. The swell is still only around 3ft to 3ft, but the period jumps to 19 seconds on the Friday morning, and the wind is light and cross-offshore. It’s small, but it's clean, and it finally feels like the ocean remembers how to make waves. Saturday morning on the 21st continues that trend with more SW swell and light offshore winds. This is the window you want.

If you're looking for the pick of the whole run, it's the morning of Sunday the 21st. You still have that small, clean SW swell at 17 seconds, but the wind is better, the energy is solid, and it's going to be a great longboard session. Don't expect any barrels, but there should be some clean, rideable lines with a bit of push.

By the 22nd and 23rd, the magic fades. The swell size drops, the period shortens, and the wind turns a bit more onshore. We're back to the grind. So, the game plan is simple: sit tight, don't bother for the next week and a half, and keep your eyes on the morning of the 20th. The real standout looks like Sunday the 21st – a promising, clean window in a sea of flatness. Just remember, it's a long way out, so treat that as a possibility, not a promise.

Rusty out.

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