Manasquan Inlet Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me tell you, it’s a pretty grim stretch ahead for Manasquan Inlet. The whole 16-day window is a tough watch. We’ve got a massive gap right from the start – nothing worth even paddling for until about Monday the 24th of August, and even then it's a struggle.

The first real chance to wet a line comes Monday morning, the 24th. Manasquan Inlet is showing a tiny 1 ft of swell from the ESE, with a period of 12 seconds. That’s a clean groundswell, and with a light NW cross-offshore breeze, the surface will be clean. But the energy is weak, only 47 (moderate wave energy). It’s surfable, but ordinary. On the Monday afternoon, it goes glassy, but the swell is still tiny.

We get a little bump in energy by the 27th and 28th, with some SSE swell, but the heights are still only around 2 ft to 3 ft. The wind swings offshore for a bit on the afternoon of the 28th – a stiff WSW breeze at 12 mph. That will make the surface textbook clean, but the wave itself is still pretty gutless. The water temp is sitting at a toasty 76°, which is about a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least the wait will be warm.

Towards the end of the first week of September, there’s a slight uptick in combined energy hitting the 100s – we see 125 and even 148 (moderate wave energy) on the 1st of September. The swell is from the ESE at 2 ft-3 ft, with a modest period. The standout here would be the Tuesday afternoon of September 1st: a 3 ft ESE swell, period of 8 seconds, with a clean 9 mph offshore wind from the west. It's the best of a bad bunch, but still only a 1 out of 10 kind of session.

If you are a beginner, that knee-to-waist high stuff is manageable, but for anyone with a shred of ambition, this forecast is a long, flat nothing. This is a consistent break, so this run of blank days is unusual, and the forecasts can change. But for now? I’d save the wax.

Rusty.

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