Manasquan Inlet Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what we've got coming down the pike for Manasquan Inlet. I won't beat around the bush – this is a tough stretch. We're in for a long, quiet spell before anything even gets close to rideable.

The next week or so is basically a write-off. From now right through to the end of August, the waves are tiny – we're talking 1ft to 2ft of weak, short-period junk. The combined energy is laughable, stuck down in the doldrums (17 to 97), so there's just no grunt in the water to work with. You'll be floating around more than surfing. The wind isn't doing us any favours either, bouncing around between cross, onshore, and cross-off, adding chop to an already poor situation. Friday afternoon the 28th has a brief moment where the forecast calls it "surfable" but with conditions that ordinary, it's hardly worth the paddle. Don't waste your time.

We then slide into the first week of September with more of the same. Monday the 1st brings in a very long-period 15-second groundswell, which sounds fancy, but the height is only 1ft to 2ft and it’s coming from the ESE, getting chopped up by onshore winds. The combined energy briefly ticks over 100 Monday afternoon, but with the cross-onshore wind, it's messy. The water temp is sitting at a touch warmer than normal, around 75°, which is a little above average for this time of year, but you won't care much about that when you're sitting on a flat ocean.

Finally, we get a flicker of hope. Friday the 4th of September morning – still tiny at 2ft, but the wind goes cross-off from the SSW and it's clean. The energy is still weak (74). It's surfable, but only just. The real shift happens on Saturday the 5th, which is genuinely the best window in this entire 16-day outlook. The morning brings a clean 3ft from the ESE with an 11-second period, offshore wind from the W, and the combined energy jumps to a moderate 161. The afternoon holds up with 3ft and the same clean, offshore flow. You're not going to get barreled, but for Manasquan Inlet, this is as good as it gets in this forecast. The wind will be glassy and the lines will have some push.

After that little burst, Sunday the 6th and Monday the 7th of September offer some “surfable but ordinary” conditions with small, weak waves and mixed winds, but nothing that compares to that Saturday morning window. The standouts here are the Saturday 5th morning and afternoon – that's your call. Get out there if you can. Everything else? Bring a book.

Rusty.

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