92nd Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for 92nd Street over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you—this is a tough run. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with hardly anything worth paddling out for.

We kick off on Friday the 21st of August, and straight away it’s bleak. Tiny little 1-foot swell from the SE with a weak 9-second period. The wind is a cross-off from the NNE at 12 mph, so it’s clean enough, but there’s no energy. Combined swell energy is just 22—that’s weak, flat-level stuff. It’s a beginner breakwater spot, and honestly, for a beginner, even that’s a struggle. The water temp is about what you’d expect for this time of year, nothing wild.

That sets the tone. We go through the rest of August and into early September with the same story: poor surf conditions every single day. The swell stays small—mostly 1 to 2 feet—and the period is often short, 4 to 7 seconds. The winds are all over the place, sometimes cross-off and clean but mostly cross, cross-on, or onshore. The combined energy rarely breaks 70. There is one morning on Tuesday the 25th of August with a 1-foot swell but a long 11-second period and clean WNW winds—that’s the closest we get to a decent-looking window, but the swell is just too small to do anything with.

Now, about the only glimmer in this whole 16-day window shows up on Wednesday the 2nd of September. That morning, we get 1 feet of swell from the SE with a very long 12-second period. The wind is light and clean from the N at 6 mph—proper cross-off, glassy cool. The combined energy hits 71, which is still weak, but it’s the best we’ve seen. The comment even says ‘surfable waves but very ordinary conditions’. That’s our standout by default. But with that long period on a beach/breakwater setup, the waves might be a bit too straight and closed-out. Still, if you’re desperate, that’s your best bet.

The rest of the run is a write-off. There’s a spike in swell on Friday the 4th of September, pushing 4 feet from the SSE with a 6-second period and combined energy of 116 (moderate), but the wind is onshore and choppy from the S at 12 mph, and then cranking up to 19 mph in the afternoon. That’s not surfable—that’s a messy, blown-out chop. Honestly, with that wind and onshore swell, a kite surfer might get a laugh out of it.

So there you have it. A long gap of nearly two weeks with no real recommendations. If you’ve got a board, leave it in the car. Fingers crossed the forecasts change next week.

Rusty.

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