La Push Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty checkin' in from the edge of the continent. We got La Push on the menu, and it’s a bit of a mixed bag over the next couple weeks.

We start off here on Friday, the 11th of September. It’s not a total loss, but don’t expect to get your head spun off. The swell is small, around 3ft out of the SW, with a long period of 17 seconds. That long period groundswell at a reef break like La Push is a good thing – it’ll hold up and give you some proper shape. The combined energy is moderate, sittin’ at 663, and the water’s a touch warmer than normal at 61°. The Friday afternoon glass-off is a beautiful thing, with the wind dropping to a glassy 3 mph from the west. That’s the kind of session where you’re just trading waves with your mates.

Saturday the 12th keeps that glassy magic goin’ in the morning with a SSW breeze at 3 mph. Swell’s still a consistent 3ft and 15 seconds from the SW. It’s small but clean, and the reef will give you a ride. However, the Saturday afternoon and Sunday get trashed by cross-onshore winds and choppy conditions, so don’t bother.

There’s a bit of a lull through the middle of the week. Monday the 14th through to Wednesday the 16th morning have some cleaner windows, but it’s all very marginal with small, short-period WNW windswell. It’s not gonna be worth your time unless you’re desperate for a splash.

Now, late on Wednesday the 23rd, things start to get interesting. The afternoon brings a bigger pulse of 5ft from the W with a period of 12 seconds and the combined energy shoots right up to 929 – that’s solid moderate-to-strong energy. The cross-shore wind is manageable, but it’s not perfect.

But the real standout, the one you circle on the calendar, is Friday morning the 25th of September. We’re talkin’ 6ft of W swell at 11 seconds, clean as a whistle with a glassy 3 mph breeze from the NNW. The combined energy is strong at 894. That’s a proper session at La Push (United States) – reef cleaning up, solid head-high plus waves, and nobody else out if we’re lucky. That’s the one to be excited about, but keep in mind it’s a week and a half out, so it’s promising but not locked in.

After that, it fades back to smaller, cleaner surf on Saturday the 26th morning with 3ft and calm winds. A nice end to the run.

Overall, the next 16 days have a few gaps with no real recommendations, but when it’s on, it’s on. The best of the best is that Friday the 25th morning glass-off. Don’t miss it.

Rusty.

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