Huntington Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on offer for the next sixteen days for our local zone. Honestly, it's a bit of a flat spell to start. The first time we get any real reason to paddle out isn't until Wednesday the 26th, so you're looking at a solid gap of a couple of days with nothing worth suiting up for.

The story for the first week is mostly small, messy, and cross-onshore. We've got a persistent S to SW swell bumping around, but it's never really got the juice or the wind direction to line up properly. The water temps are very unusual right now though, sitting at 73°F at Huntington Pier – that's a massive 6°F warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least the trunk is a good call.

There's one window that looks better than the rest. Wednesday morning, August 26th, at Huntington Pier. We've got a little push of 4ft of S swell, peaking up to a moderate 660 combined swell energy. It's still a cross-on wind, but it's light at 10 km/h out of the S. That'll keep the surface clean enough to make the most of it. The wave comment isn't screaming perfection, but it's the best call in a pretty average run.

After that, Thursday the 27th through the weekend and into early September is a grind of marginal surf and poor conditions. Winds stay onshore or cross-onshore, swell drops back below 3ft, and the energy is weak. It's not worth getting excited about. Even when the swell kicks up a bit into the 4ft to 4ft range, the wind and chop ruin the package. These beach breaks just can't handle that cross-onshore mess.

Moving into September, the first half of the second week stays in that same rut. The best of a bad bunch looks to be Wednesday morning, September 2nd, with 4ft from the SSW and a nice 5 km/h SW wind that's offshore. The energy is moderate (508), but the offshore flow means it could be a sneaky clean session. The wave comment still says marginal, but that wind is a big plus for an otherwise average forecast.

Further out, Friday morning, September 4th, shows a 3ft SSW swell with a 17-second period – that's proper groundswell energy. Combined energy hits 693, so there's a bit of push there. The direction is a bit cross-on from the S at 10 km/h, but the glassy conditions and long period could make the waves shape up better than the size suggests. Keep an eye on it.

The last weekend of the forecast, September 6th and 7th, sees some cleaner morning windows with light winds, but the swell is still modest. Honestly, nothing in this 16-day window screams "drop everything and go". It's a waiting game. The long-range stuff on the 4th and 7th is promising, but you know how it is – those are calls for the dedicated.

Rusty.

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