Montauk Point - Turtles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at this stretch we've got coming up. It's a bit of a story, so settle in.

Alright, looking at the charts for Montauk Point - Turtles (Montauk Point - Turtles), and I gotta be straight with you—it's a tough watch for the next week and a half. The water’s running at about average for this time of year, so don't expect any surprises on the temp front.

We start off on Monday the 14th with minimal energy, maybe knee-high at best. A stiff offshore from the NNW will keep it clean, but there's just no push in the water. The combined energy is a weak 54 (ft) for the morning and drops even further. This pattern of small, weak, often choppy surf sticks with us all the way through to Sunday the 20th. We’re looking at a solid six days of straight-up poor conditions with waves rarely breaking over 1ft, and the wind is a mess—cross-shore, onshore, you name it. It's a quiet period, not worth getting wet for.

Now, Sunday the 20th morning, things finally start to stir. We see a bump in swell to 6ft from the SSW, but it's short-period at 6 seconds. The combined energy jumps to 221 (ft), so there's some grunt in the water, but the quality is marginal. The wind, however, is a proper offshore from the NW at 19 mph, making it clean. It's the first real chance we get, but the swell direction isn't ideal for Turtles—it prefers something more SSE, so it might be a bit jumbled and sectiony. Still, for a few hours, it's the pick of a bad bunch.

From Monday the 21st through Tuesday the 22nd, the size hangs around 4ft to 6ft, but the wind is all wrong—cross-shore and cross-onshore, lumpy and choppy. Not great.

Then we hit Wednesday the 23rd. The swell pushes up to 8ft to 8ft from the ESE with 8-second periods. The combined energy is a solid 639 to 753 (ft). But here’s the killer: we’ve got a near-gale from the East at 31 mph, blowing straight across the break. It’s going to be utterly blown out. This is kite-surfing conditions, not a paddle day. Only the most hardcore of experts would even look at it, and that’s a maybe.

The real standout, if you can handle it, lands on Thursday the 24th. We get a solid 10ft swell from the East with a 9-second period in the morning and a 10-second period in the afternoon. The energy is massive—1561 and then 1591 (ft). This is powerful, proper groundswell, but those long-period east swells tend to close out beach breaks and you'll need a reef or point to handle it. Turtles is a reef, which is good. The morning has a cross-offshore wind from the NNE at 22 mph, which should clean it up, but it's going to be heavy and thick. This is strictly for experts only. Afternoon sees the wind shift to a strong cross-shore from the NE, making it a messy, choppy beast.

After that, Friday the 25th drops to 6ft, but it's onshore and lumpy, and the rest of the month fades back into small, wind-affected or offshore-but-small surf.

So, the honest truth? If you’re a competent surfer hungry for a wave, the morning of Sunday the 20th is your only real window for something clean, even if it’s not perfect. For the big dogs, Thursday the 24th morning is the session of the period, but that’s a serious, heavy groundswell with a strong wind, so bring your big-wave board and your nerve. Everything else is a write-off.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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