Leffingwell Landing Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's talk surf. It's been a slow start, no doubt. Leffingwell Landing is the only game in town – a reef for the advanced crew, takes a west-northwest swell, and it's super consistent, but the next few days are looking pretty average.

From Friday the 7th through Saturday the 8th, forget it. Long-period groundswells from the south-southwest, 19 seconds on Friday morning, but with onshore wind and combined swell energy in the moderate range (322 Friday morning, 378 Friday afternoon, 483 Saturday morning). Waves are tiny – 2ft to 3ft – and the surf quality is just poor. Not worth paddling out.

Sunday the 9th morning is the first little glimmer. Sky clears, wind drops to glassy – a slight air moving – and the swell ticks up to about 3ft from the south-southwest, 15-second period, moderate energy (477). The forecast says good surf conditions. With that long period, the reef will be your friend. Crowds can be a thing here, but for this small size, it might be quiet. This is the pick of the first week, but it's small – a fun log or fish day.

Monday the 10th, the direction swings to west-northwest, but the swell drops, period shortens to 10 seconds, and we get light cross-shore breeze. Marginal at best.

Through the middle of the week, the 11th to the 14th, it's a grind. Waves from 1ft to 3ft, mostly onshore or cross-onshore wind. There's a brief clean spell on Thursday the 13th morning and afternoon when the wind goes light cross-offshore and clean, with 2ft of swell from the southwest, 16-second period, and moderate energy (335 to 475). Good conditions for a tiny wave.

The weekend of the 15th and 16th of August, the swell builds to 4ft to 4ft from the south-southwest, 16-second period, but onshore wind keeps it messy. Energy climbs to 675 and 733 – moderate to strong – but the surf quality is still marginal.

Then late in the window, Thursday the 20th afternoon, we see a spike. 7ft of west-northwest swell, but with a super short period of just 6 seconds and a 15 km/h onshore wind, it's going to be choppy. Energy is 647 – that's kite-surfing territory. Friday the 21st afternoon brings 7ft with a 7-second period and 20 km/h onshore wind – again, poor. Experts only, big and ugly.

Honestly, for the whole 16 days, the only true standout is Sunday morning the 9th of August at Leffingwell Landing. Clean glass, 3ft from the south-southwest, 15-second period, moderate energy (477). Small but clean. Water temp is 59°, which is about 2° colder than average for this time of year, so a bit of a chill – a 3/2 or 4/3 wetsuit is the call.

Other than that, it's a long, flat, or poor run. The bigger waves show up, but they bring wind with them. Typical slow season.

Rusty.

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