North Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, listen up. Rusty here, and I'm gonna level with you. The charts are looking bleak for the next couple of weeks. We're staring down a long stretch of nothing worth paddling out for.

The first possible session shows up on Saturday morning, the 6th of September, but don't get your hopes up. North Street is a beach and jetty break, and we're looking at a tiny 2 ft swell from the ENE with a period of just 3 seconds. That's basically wind slop. The wind is a cross-shore breeze at 12 mph, making it choppy and ugly. Not worth the wax.

This pattern just keeps repeating. A whole lot of poor surf conditions, with wave energy staying weak, barely cracking 60 for the combined swell energy. You'll see a little bump on Sunday afternoon, the 7th, with a 3 ft swell from the east and a period around 5 seconds. Still, the wind is cross-onshore and messy, so forget it. Water temp is a warm 78°, but that doesn't help the wave quality one bit.

There’s a tiny glimmer on Tuesday morning, the 8th of September. We get a minuscule 1 ft swell from the east, but the wind goes light offshore from the WNW at 6 mph. The wave energy is pathetic at 19, but if you’re really jonesing, it might be the cleanest you'll see all week.

The real killer here is the wind. Almost every day has a cross, cross-off, or cross-onshore breeze that's just destroying the shape. Even when we get a little bump in size on the 9th and 10th, like a 4 ft south swell on Wednesday afternoon, the wind is a fresh 19 mph cross-onshore. That's a blown-out, lumpy mess that would be better for a kite than a surfboard.

We drift into the second week and the outlook is the same. From the 13th of September on, it's more of the same: tiny swells, poor wind, and not a single standout. The combined swell energy rarely breaks 70, so there's no power in the water at all. On the 18th of September, we get a 0.7 ft swell with a period of 12 seconds, which is a long period groundswell, but it's coming from the ESE with onshore winds. That kind of swell needs a point or reef to work, and with no size, it's a total washout.

So, what's the best on offer? If I'm being straight with you, there isn't one. There's no true standout in this entire 16-day window. The only time you might get something semi-rideable is Tuesday morning, the 8th of September, at North Street, with that tiny, clean swell. But it's a long way from being called a good session.

Overall, a long, dry spell of poor surf. It happens. Forecasts can change, but right now, keep the board in the garage.

Rusty.

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