Naples Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at the forecast for the Naples Pier area.

Well, folks, I gotta be straight with you – this is about as quiet as it gets. We're looking at a long, drawn-out flat spell that's going to test your patience. The entire 16-day window is a struggle. There are no windows of quality surf to get excited about; it's just a whole lot of nothing.

From now through the end of the forecast period, we're stuck with tiny, weak swell – if you can even call it that. The combined swell energy barely registers, often sitting at a measly 0 or just cracking into single digits (1 to 14), which is incredibly weak. The wave comment for every session is "poor surf conditions," and rightly so. The best of the worst is a tiny 2 ft S swell on Friday the 10th afternoon, but it's chopped up by a 12 mph cross-onshore wind. The water temp anomaly is listed as average for the time of year, so at least the water won't be a shock, but you'll be sitting on a board doing nothing.

There's a long gap with absolutely no surf recommendations at all. Thursday the 19th offers a brief glimpse of something, with a 0.7 ft to 1.0 ft WNW swell showing up, but the periods are all over the place – from a disorganised 3 seconds to a longer 6 seconds. Still, with the winds being either onshore or cross-onshore, it won't be clean. Any tiny board will do, but you're mostly just hoping for a ripple.

Because we are seeing significant swell only in the sense of it being absent, and the setup is a beach/pier, this stretch is honestly more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing if the wind fills in. For surfers, it's a blank run, and honestly, that's pretty normal for this area when the pattern is this stubborn. Don't hold your breath; forecasts can change, but right now, there's nothing on the table.

Rusty.

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