Laguna Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. Looking at the next couple of weeks, the ocean is going to be pretty sleepy. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak swell, and honestly, there’s not a whole lot to get excited about. It’s going to be a waiting game.

We start off with a bit of a blank period. The surf is just too small and weak to be worth paddling out for the first few days. The energy is there, but it's pretty pathetic. You'd be fighting for ankle-biters. This is a quiet start, so don’t rush out.

The first real suggestion in the mix is for Friday the 6th. We're looking at some chest-high lines, around 2ft, coming from the SSW. The period is a decent 13 seconds, so there’s a little bit of push behind it, with moderate energy (201). But the wind is blowing onshore from the WSW at 10 km/h, and the call is for poor surf. It’s just not going to be clean. The water is a very notable 74°F, which is a huge 7°F warmer than usual for this time of year, so it’s going to feel like a bath out there, but that’s about the only highlight.

The following days remain in that same rough pattern. The swell direction holds from the SSW, but the size stays tiny, mostly between 2ft and 3ft. There are some glimmers of better period, like Friday the 7th that has a 19-second swell, but it’s still weak and the wind is going to ruin it. It’s frustrating, because that long period would normally be a good sign, but with this little energy behind it, it’s just not going to translate into anything rideable.

We get a bit of a bump in energy around the 14th and 15th, with combined energy readings climbing to the 400s and even over 500 (557) on the afternoon of the 15th. The swell height also pushes up to 3ft. That would normally get my heart racing, but the wind is still on it, and the forecast still calls for poor conditions. It’s like the ocean is teasing us. That SSW swell is hitting the break from the right direction, but the onshore and cross-onshore winds are going to chop it all up. There is a morning on the 15th with a 16-second period, but it’s still just a mess.

Things stay pretty grim right through to the end of the forecast window. We’re seeing the same story: small SSW swell, light to moderate winds, and poor to marginal surf. Even the mornings with glassy potential are marked as "poor surf conditions" on the finder, so I can’t give you a green light. The longest stretch of nothing good is really from now until the end of this 16-day window. It’s just that kind of a run for the area.

Look, there’s no standout day here. Nothing is worth making a special trip for. The last couple of days of the first week and into the second week see the swell energy climb, but the wind is just never right. I think we have to be honest and say the setups are poor, and the spots are going to be a mess. If we had any decent swell with these winds, it might be a different story, but with the surf this small, it’s all just a bit sad. You might be better off checking a beach with a different sandbar, but honestly, I don't see the point. It’s a good week to clean the board and wait for the next pulse.

This is Rusty, signing off. Stay patient.

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