92nd Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – looking at the next couple of weeks for 92nd Street, and it’s a bit of a rough patch for the most part. We’ve got a long stretch of small, messy surf and tricky winds, with only a few windows where it might be worth paddling out.

The first real chance of anything decent won’t be until Sunday the 20th. Before that, it’s mostly tiny dribbles with cross-onshore breezes messing things up. The period around the 15th and 16th is pretty much a write-off. We do get a clean, glassy afternoon on the 18th, but the swell is only 1 foot – not even enough to get excited about. You’d be bobbing around more than surfing. So, the first part of the week is a real test of patience.

Now, on Sunday the 20th, things start to wake up a little. We’ve got some swell coming in from the SSE, building to about 4 feet in the morning and then up to 5 feet by the afternoon. The wind swings offshore from the west, which will clean it right up. The energy is still moderate, around 259 in the afternoon (moderate wave energy), but it’s coming with a short period of 6 seconds. That means it’ll be a bit crumbly and not have much punch. Still, with glassy conditions on the 18th, and now this cleaner west wind, Sunday afternoon is looking like the best surf of this first week. It’s not huge, but it’s surfable and clean.

Monday the 21st offers a bit of hope too. The morning is a mess, but the afternoon sees swell bump up to 5 feet from the east with a light offshore NE wind. It’s clean and the energy jumps right up to 291 (moderate wave energy). The wave comment even calls it “marginal” but it’s the first real pulse of the run. Keep an eye on that one.

After that, the wind gets messy again. We’ve got strong onshore and cross-shore breezes blowing from the 22nd through the 24th, with swell building to 6 feet and 6 feet. But it’s all coming with short, weak periods (7 seconds) and messy, lumpy conditions. That’s a lot of water moving but no real shape to it. It’s poor surf, and honestly, for a break like this, that size with that wind is going to be a washing machine. If you’ve got a kite, this might be more interesting for you than a surfboard.

The end of the week, the 25th and 26th, has a little more consistency with chest to head-high swell in the 5 foot to 5 foot range. The wind is cross-offshore from the NE, which is clean, but it’s still a bit lumpy on the 26th. The 25th morning looks like the pick of this stretch, with clean conditions and a longer period of 9 seconds. We’re talking moderate energy, around 449 (moderate to strong wave energy), but it’s not going to be perfect. It’s better than most of the week though.

Then it fades out again for the final days of the month. By the 28th of September, we’ve got a small, clean little wave, around 2 feet with an offshore north wind. The energy drops off (around 74, weak) and it’s pretty ordinary. But it’s clean.

Looking further out, the forecast is sketchy. The long-range stuff shows some potential for new, longer-period swells early next week, but with this kind of a break, I wouldn’t get my hopes up just yet. It’s just too inconsistent. The truth is, 92nd Street isn’t a spot that handles these kinds of wind shifts well. We get periods where it’s almost good, but the periods are too short to give the waves any real shape.

So, the best bet for a true surf session is Sunday afternoon the 20th, and maybe Monday afternoon the 21st. You’ll get clean, but small, waves. It’s not going to be a classic, but it’s something. For the rest, it’s about waiting for the next real swell to align with the wind.

I'm just keeping it honest with you. This spot is going to test your patience.

Rusty.

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