Millers Landing Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for the next couple of weeks. It’s a bleak stretch, I gotta be straight with ya. We’ve got one spot – Millers Landing – and it’s just not doing us any favors. The entire 16-day window is a grind, and you’re gonna be waiting a long time for anything worth paddling out for.

Right from the get-go, Monday the 17th of August, it’s a no-go. That 3ft of swell from the WNW with a short, weak 7-second period just doesn’t have any push. The wind’s blowing onshore at 9 mph, and the energy’s weak at 177. It’s just messy. This same song plays out day after day. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing wild there.

We roll through the week – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – all the same story. Swell barely hangs around the 3ft mark, period is a hopeless 7 seconds, and the wind is either onshore or cross-onshore. The wave energy is moderate at best, hitting 202 on Tuesday afternoon, but it’s all for nothing with that onshore chop. By Friday the 21st, the swell drops to a pathetic 1ft, and we’re looking at a long, drawn-out gap of weak surf. This carries right through the end of August. We see a tiny pulse of long-period 16-second groundswell on the 19th of August, but at only 1ft, it’s a trickle, not a wave. The energy stays moderate, in the low 100s to 200s, but it’s all cross-onshore wind.

The only day that even blips on the radar is Saturday the 29th of August. The morning shows a 2ft swell from the SW, with a long 16-second period, and light WSW winds at 6 mph. The wave energy climbs up to a moderate 226, which is the strongest in the whole window. But the wave comment calls it “marginal surf forecast or questionable tide conditions,” so I wouldn’t get my hopes up. It’s still tiny. For the rest of the run into September, it’s back to the same old weak, cross-onshore junk.

Honestly, this is a proper dry spell. For an exposed beach and point break like Millers Landing, it just takes the right window. This isn’t it. The wind is always ruining the shape, and the swell is either too small, too short, or pushing from the wrong direction (optimum would be W, and we’re getting mostly WNW). If you’re desperate for a paddle in flat water, go for it, but for real waves, save your energy. Forecasts can change, but this one’s looking locked in for a while.

Rusty.

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