Matunuck Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for the next couple of weeks.

Gotta be straight with you – this is a tough forecast. The whole 16-day window is a real struggle. We’ve got a solid run of small, weak, and messy conditions, and the Finder doesn’t flag a single standout session. The water temp is sitting at 69°, which is about 0.9° above normal for this time of year, so nothing wild there.

We start off on Tuesday the 8th of September with a tiny 2ft swell from the SW, but it’s a 3-second period and cross-shore wind, so it’s all chop. Energy is a measly (11). That sets the tone for the whole first week. The morning of Wednesday the 9th is flat with a 0.3ft SE swell, and the afternoon gets a bit more height but it’s blown out by a 16 mph cross-on wind. Thursday the 10th sees a jump in size to 6ft from the SSW, but that’s with a 7-second period and a 16 mph cross-shore wind, so it’s a lumpy, choppy mess. The energy does hit (397) but it’s not surfable.

Friday the 11th is a glimmer of hope – morning brings a clean offshore wind from the N at 6 mph, but the swell is only 3ft on a 7-second period. The rating is poor. Saturday the 12th is glassy in the morning with a tiny 2ft S swell, but it’s only 6 seconds. The rest of the weekend and into the following week is a mix of tiny swells, onshore winds, and cross-chop. The energy values stay low to moderate, mostly in the 20s and 50s, with a few spikes into the 100s, but the quality just isn’t there.

Now, if you’re desperate for a paddle, the best of a bad lot looks like Saturday the 19th of September. The afternoon brings a 4ft SW swell with a 6-second period, and importantly, a 9 mph offshore wind from the NNW. That’s clean. The energy is a moderate (118). It’s not big, it’s not powerful, but it’s the only time in the whole window where the wind is actually working with us. The next morning, Sunday the 20th, is glassy again but with a tiny 1ft SE swell, so it’s basically flat.

Further out, the morning of Monday the 21st gets a clean 5ft E swell (5-second period) with a cross-offshore wind, energy (119). But then Tuesday the 22nd brings a bigger 7ft ESE swell, hitting (423) energy, but it’s cross-on and choppy. That’s a lot of water moving around with poor conditions. For the keen, that’s a big, messy, lumpy day.

For the beginners out there, there’s nothing in this period that’s both small and clean. The few clean days are on tiny, weak swells, and the days with any size are blown out. The setup at Matunuck is a sheltered reef, so it needs the right conditions, and we just don’t get them here.

Signing off, Rusty.

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