La Push Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a good look at what’s coming down the pipe at La Push over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty frustrating stretch overall, with a lot of marginal, onshore, or just plain messy conditions. But if you’re patient, there are a couple of windows that could be worth the wait.

Pattern & Early Days

The general story for most of this period is persistent onshore and cross-offshore winds and small, weak swell. The combined energy is mostly in the weak to moderate range (often 200–400), which is pretty gutless for this exposed reef setup. The water temp is sitting at 56°, which is a solid 4° colder than normal for this time of year, so you’ll want a good wetsuit – that’s a notable chill.

For Saturday the 22nd, there’s a clean-ish morning with a cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is only 3 ft from the WNW at 8 seconds. It’s just not enough grunt. The afternoon goes cross and drops to a score of zero – a write-off.

Sunday the 23rd through Tuesday the 2nd of September is a real slog of onshore and cross-onshore wind, with swell heights barely scraping 2 ft to 3 ft. Nearly every session scores a zero for surf conditions. There’s a long-period swell (16–18 seconds) on a couple of mornings, but it’s being wrecked by onshore breezes, making for frustrating, choppy surf. This is a long, dry spell with no real recommendations.

The Best On Offer

After all that waiting, there are two true standouts that you need to circle on your calendar. They’re both a ways out, so treat them as promising but not locked in yet.

The first is Wednesday morning, September 3rd. The wind drops to glassy – that’s a major positive. We’ve got a 3 ft swell from the SW with a short period of 8 seconds, but the clean, glassy conditions will make it look much better than the size suggests. The energy is moderate (312). This one is likely too weak for a real punch, but for a beginner-friendly reef like La Push, it’s the best pure clean session in the whole forecast.

Then, the real highlight is Saturday morning, September 6th. We’re looking at a glassy morning with light wind. The swell jumps to a clean 5 ft from the WNW (around 10 seconds), and the combined energy jumps into the strong range (730). This is the most solid, cleanest swell of the whole forecast. That height is right on the edge of being too big for beginners, but for the average surfer, this is the morning to aim for. Expect a few other people to have the same idea – crowds are listed as “sometimes” here, so it’s likely you’ll see a few other cars in the lot.

The Wrap-Up

Honestly, this is a long, quiet stretch. But with a glassy morning on the 3rd and a solid, clean 5 ft swell on the 6th, La Push offers two distinct shots at redemption. Don’t hold your breath for the rest of it; the break is a reef that needs clean conditions to shine, and it just doesn’t get them often enough in this run.

Rusty.

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