Millers Landing Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and listen up, ’cause I’m looking at the next 16 days for Millers Landing. It’s a beach and point setup, and it’s a consistent spot, but I gotta be straight with you—this is shaping up to be a pretty flat and frustrating stretch.

Right from the jump, we’re looking at tiny, weak swell. The first couple of weeks are dominated by light winds that are mostly cross-onshore, which kills any chance of clean surf. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing special there. The energy is just not there—wave energy values are mostly in the double digits (e.g. 61, 92, 106) through the first week, which is really weak. You’ll be bobbing around on knee-high slop. The swell direction is coming from the SW and WNW, which is not the optimum for this break—it prefers W swell. The swell period is all over the place, sometimes short (8 seconds) and sometimes long (18 seconds), but with such tiny swell heights, it’s barely rideable.

The best of a bad bunch might be Tuesday afternoon, the 4th of August, when the swell jumps to 3 ft from the NW with a period of 9 seconds. The wave energy hits 227 (moderate), but the wind is still a cross-onshore breeze, so it’ll be choppy. It’s not great, but it’s the biggest we see for a while. For the more experienced, this could be a short session, but for beginners, it’s a no-go.

There’s a long gap of nothing really worthwhile until the tail end of the outlook. The morning of Monday, the 17th of August, finally shows a flicker of hope with a 1 ft swell from the SW, a 17-second period, and an offshore wind from the W. The wave energy is 250 (moderate), but the swell direction is a bit off the optimum. Still, with offshore winds and that long period, the point might offer a clean, peeling wave for intermediate surfers. But it’s far out, so take it with a pinch of salt.

Honestly, if you’re desperate, the Tuesday afternoon on the 4th is your best bet, but don’t expect much. This stretch is looking more like a kite-surfing session than a paddle-surfing one, given the weak, choppy conditions. The spot is consistent, so it’s a run of bad luck, not a permanent flat spell. Forecasts can change.

Rusty

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