Hut Gulley Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Listen up, crew. This is Rusty, and I'm gonna walk you through the 16-day forecast for Hut Gulley. Fair warning: this spot is a rare-breaking one, so we have to be patient and pick the right window.

Tuesday, September 1st, is a complete right-off. A 4-foot SW groundswell with a long 16-second period sounds alright, but a 15 mph NNW wind is gonna shred it, and the tide's gonna mess with it. Just stay home. Wednesday the 2nd is a better story. The swell settles to about 5 feet, still SW, and the wind drops to a gentle 9 mph WNW. The wave energy is a solid 1065 (moderate). By the afternoon, it's a clean 5-foot swell with 1218 energy. Not epic, but for a spot that rarely works, it's a fun little day.

Now pay attention. Thursday, September 3rd, is gonna be wild. The swell jumps to 13 feet from the SW. The energy meter is pegged at 7401 (very strong). But here's the thing – the wind is a fresh 18 mph cross-shore, and the report says this break can't handle a swell this big. It'll be a big, messy, dangerous wall of water. The setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The following Friday the 4th is a little kinder to the experienced surfers, with a clean 7-foot SW swell and a moderate offshore breeze, but the energy is still a hefty 1969. Saturday the 5th is another write-off with strong winds.

Then we hit our golden window: Sunday, September 6th. Morning session delivers a clean 6-foot SW swell with that nice long 16-second period. The wind is a gentle 9 mph cross-off, and the energy is a strong 1787. By the afternoon, the wind goes to a 6 mph offshore from the north – dead glassy. The swell drops a hair to about 5 feet, but the conditions are so perfect it doesn't matter. For a rare-breaking gulley, this is the session. Don't miss it.

Monday the 7th is tiny – only 2 feet of swell with a 13-second period and weak 246 energy. It's just too small.

From Tuesday the 8th through Wednesday the 9th, it's a rough patch. The 8th has a 7-foot SW swell with an 18-second period, but a 15 mph cross-onshore wind makes it a choppy, lumpy mess. The energy is 3802 (strong). With that much power and bad wind, again, it's more of a kite day. Thursday, September 10th, is the next real good one. Morning shows a clean 7-foot SW swell with a 16-second period, a light cross-off breeze, and a very solid 3263 energy reading. This is excellent for the experienced crew. Friday the 11th is almost a carbon copy – 7-foot SW swell, 17-second period, light offshore, 2430 energy. These two mornings are your next best bet.

After that, the swell drops off a cliff. The weekend of the 12th and 13th has small, clean surf in the 4-foot range with weak energy, and then the final days from the 14th onward are all onshore junk. That's the full picture.

Rusty.

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