Newdicks Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a good hard look at what’s on the table for Newdicks Beach over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you – the pickings are slim. Real slim.

The whole 16-day window is pretty flat and quiet. There are no standouts here, no sessions to circle on the calendar. The first recommendation doesn’t even kick off until the very end of the stretch. We’re looking at a long, dry gap of nearly two weeks before anything remotely worth paddling out for shows up. For the most part, the combined swell energy is just a whisper, with values mostly in the single digits or low double-digits (like 2 to 32), which is basically nothing. The water temp is sitting around 58°F which is pretty much average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Through the middle of September, expect tiny dribbles and poor conditions. Winds are a mixed bag, sometimes clean but the swell is simply absent. There’s a brief flicker on Thursday the 17th afternoon where we see a pulse of 4 ft swell from the NNW but with a short 6 second period and cross-onshore winds at 16 mph, it’s just messy. The energy reading hits 124, which is moderate energy, but the quality is poor – don’t bother. Friday the 18th is cleaner with cross-offshore winds from the SW and a small 3 ft to 3 ft NNE swell, but again, the period is short and the size is too small to get excited about.

The only real window to maybe wet a line is on Tuesday the 29th of September. The morning shows a small 2 ft NE swell with an even shorter 4 second period, but the wind is light and clean from the west at 6 mph. The combined energy is 22 – still weak, but at least it’s glassy and clean. This is a really marginal option for a longboard or a foil, not much else. The afternoon picks up a little chop with cross-shore wind.

Because of the exposure here, the optimum swell direction is ENE, but most of what we see is from the NNE or NNW – not quite lined up. Newdicks is an exposed beach and reef setup that can be inconsistent, and it’s living up to that reputation. For a beginner, that 4 ft day on the 17th might look enticing, but with the short period and chop, it’s not a safe or fun day. Honestly, if you see those onshore winds and that shape, it’s a better look for kite surfing than traditional paddling. The setup for the next two weeks is a true blank run for the region.

Keep your eyes on the longer-range charts, but right now, leave the board in the van.

Rusty.

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