Lake Worth Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me tell you somethin’... there’s just nothin’ doin’ right now. Lake Worth Pier is lookin’ flat as a pancake. We’ve got an empty ocean stretchin’ all the way from Thursday, August 27th, right through to Friday, September 11th, with barely a ripple worth paddlin’ for. That’s two full weeks of almost nothin’—real quiet for this spot.

The water’s about average for this time of year, a touch warmer than normal at 87°, so you could still float around on a foamie if you’re desperate, but there’s no push whatsoever. The first few days, swells are microscopic, like 0.3 ft to 0.7 ft, with short-period junk from the NE and ENE, and a cross-onshore breeze makin’ it messy. Combined energy is down in the teens and twenties—laughable—you’d be fightin’ chop for no reward.

Come Sunday the 30th, we see a tiny bump to 3 ft, but it’s an ESE windswell with a period of only 4 seconds—absolute mush. Winds are on it or cross-onshore, and every single entry in the forecast says “poor surf conditions.” Honestly, if you’re lookin’ at that first week, you’d be better off goin’ kitesurfing if you have to get wet.

There’s a little flicker of hope around Wednesday the 9th of September, when a NE groundswell sneaks in with a period of 12 seconds and combined energy climbs all the way to 111 – that’s actually moderate energy for this region. The swell height is only 2 ft, though, so still tiny. It’s better shaped, but still cross-onshore, so not clean. By Thursday the 10th, that same swell drops to 87 energy, and stays small.

So the closest thing to a standout? If I had to pick one, it’d be the morning of Thursday, September 3rd. We get 3 ft of E swell, light offshore wind—actually glassy—and it’s the only glassy mornin’ in the whole run. The period is still short at 4 seconds, but you could get a few grovelly ones on a log with no wind messin’ ’em up. Combined energy at 42—weak, but it’s the best of a bad lot. Crowds? At Lake Worth Pier, they’re sometimes there, so on a glassy small day expect a few locals out, but not packed.

That’s your lot. A blank run like this is pretty normal for this area in late summer—just gotta wait for a tropical disturbance or the fall transition to wake things up. But hey, forecasts change. Keep an eye on it.

Rusty.

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