Lymans Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s break down the next couple of weeks at Lymans.

Truth be told, it’s a rough patch. A whole lot of tiny, weak, and messy surf with very few windows that make it worth paddling out. Patience is going to be key.

Right now and all through the first week, it’s pretty grim. The energy is mostly in the 200s to low 300s (moderate), but the wave heights are stuck between 0.5ft and 3ft. Friday the 21st is a complete washout with an onshore breeze. The water temp is 82°, which is normal for this time of year.

Saturday the 22nd afternoon offers the first real chance. The wind goes glassy out of the W, and we’ve got a 2ft swell from the SW. The notes say “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” and that’s the truth. It’s small, but it’ll be clean. Crowds are possible at Lymans, but with waves this small, most folks will give it a miss.

From there, we hit a long, dry run. Days stretch out with nothing but 1ft to 3ft junk, mixed with onshore and cross-on winds. It’s a bleak stretch.

Looking way down the line to Tuesday, September 1st, the energy spikes hard—up to 629. That’s strong. The swell is a 3ft SSW groundswell with a very long 18-second period. But the wind is a nightmare: a 15 mph cross-shore out of the North. That’ll make for a choppy mess. The forecast calls it “poor surf conditions,” so it’s one for the experts or the kitesurfers. That long period might also make it break weird at a beach-and-reef setup like this.

Wednesday the 2nd is a little cleaner with lighter winds, but it’s still marginal, with that strong energy of 502 still in the water.

So the only true standout, if you can call it that, is that glassy window on Saturday the 22nd afternoon. It’s your best bet for a clean, if very small, session. The big energy at the start of September has size on paper, but the wind kills the quality.

Rusty.

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