Lori Wilson Park Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Well, folks, it's Rusty. I've been staring at the charts for the next couple of weeks, and I gotta be straight with you: it's looking pretty bleak out there. I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. There are no good surf options in this 16-day window. Nope, not a single one.

Right from Thursday the 27th of August, right through to Friday the 11th of September, the surf at Lori Wilson Park is just gonna be a mess. We're talking ankle-biters and knee-high slop for the entire stretch. The swell is tiny – we're looking at waves mostly between 0.7 ft and 2 ft for the whole run, with the swell energy barely registering, often in the weak 12 to 73 range, and only occasionally kicking up into that moderate 107 to 117 zone around the 2nd and 3rd of September. But even then, it's no good.

You'll see the mornings sometimes have a bit of cross-off or even glassy wind, like on Sunday the 6th of September, which would be nice if there was any actual wave to ride. But there isn't. A 1 ft wave with a 10-second period is just a bump on the water's back. That long period is too straight for a beach break like this anyway. It just doesn't have the juice.

The rest of the time, the wind is mostly cross-on or straight onshore, from the E or ENE, chopping up that already pathetic surf. We've got a lot of "poor surf conditions" written all over this forecast. It's just flat, weak, and messy. Honestly, with the tiny swell and the persistent onshores, this setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. You could get a good drag on a kite, but you're not getting a wave.

Now, the water temp is a highlight, though. It's sitting around 86° and running about 2° warmer than average for this time of year, which is pretty common, so no need to get too excited.

The only glimmer of anything, and I mean anything, is that the forecast is a bit more promising in the second week. We start to see the swell energy pick up slightly, and there are a few more periods in the 9-11 second range. But it's still tiny. We're talking 1 ft to 2 ft. It’s just a tease. If you see a morning with a light offshore wind, like on the 7th of September, you might find a ripple to push a lid on. But for a proper surfboard, you're out of luck. This whole run is a total blank for the waves. It tends not to stay poor for long around here, though, so forecasts can change, but right now, there's just nothing to plan for.

Keep it salty,
Rusty

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