92nd Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight up – this outlook is not pretty. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak surf ahead. For 92nd Street, don’t expect much action for the entire first week. There is a big gap of flat, poor waves from now until the very end of the month. After that, the surf stays tiny but cleans up enough for a paddle. It's going to be a grind.

Starting Friday, the 21st of August, and through the 28th, it's a write-off. The swell is tiny, mostly around 1 ft to 2 ft, with short, weak periods. The water is unusually warm for this time of year – that anomaly of 3° is giving us bathwater temps at 77°F at the start, but it’s not helping the waves. The energy is miserable, with the combined energy never cracking 64. Every day is just "poor surf conditions." There is a bit of clean wind on the 23rd afternoon and 25th with a cross-off and offshore, but there's nothing to ride.

The first glimmer of hope comes on Saturday the 29th of August. We finally get a bit of a pulse. It’s still tiny at 2 ft from the SE, but the winds go offshore on Saturday morning and glassy on Saturday afternoon. The water is still warm. This is the best on offer for the first two weeks, but it’s still just "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." Sunday the 30th morning will be clean and small as well. After that, it drops off again into poor conditions until the next week.

Moving into September, we get another shot. On Tuesday the 1st of September afternoon, the wind turns cross-off as it shifts to the west, but the swell is still small from the south. Wednesday the 2nd of September morning and afternoon both look better, with a clean cross-off and then a fresh offshore from the NW. The swell from the SE picks up a touch of period (11 seconds) but is only 1 ft. The energy remains weak in the 30s.

The standout window is Thursday the 3rd of September morning. It's glassy, with a light wind from the north, and the small 1 ft SE swell has a 9-second period. It won't be big, but it will be clean. After that, the outlook goes back to poor conditions with rain and choppy winds right through the 5th of September, ending with a small bump in swell at 3 ft but it’s still short period and cross-onshore. For a beginner spot, these heights are safe, but there's barely a wave to ride. Honestly, for most of this period, the setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer with that onshore wind. Rusty out.

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