Lighthouse Right Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's see what we've got for this stretch. Rusty here, looking over the next couple of weeks for the region.

First thing you gotta know: this ain't looking like the kind of run that will have you scrambling for your board bag. We've got a long, dry spell to start. The first real chance of anything rideable doesn't pop up until Sunday, September 6th, and even then it's a maybe. Before that, from Thursday the 3rd right through Saturday the 5th, the ocean is just a mess – windy, choppy, and not a wave worth paddling for. It's a proper 3-day blank.

Sunday the 6th we finally see something. A solid SSW groundswell shows up at Lighthouse Right, pushing about 6 ft in the morning with a long 14-second period. The combined energy is strong at (1337), so there's plenty of power. But here's the rub: the wind is coming straight across from the ESE at 12 mph, and by the afternoon it gets worse, going cross-onshore and lumpy. It’s not the clean, groomed reef wave you want. This size (6 ft to 7 ft) is getting into the intermediate-to-expert zone, and with that chop, it’s a wrestle, not a glide. The morning session might offer a few, but it's marginal at best.

Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th are more of the same story – the swell drops a touch to about 4 ft but stays full of energy (884 to 1095). The wind lightens up a bit on Tuesday morning, with a light SSE breeze at 6 mph blowing cross-onshore, but it's still not the glassy offshore we'd kill for. These days are rated as marginal, and only for those who are desperate and don't mind a bumpy surface.

After that, things taper off into the second week. The wind just won't let up, hammering from the ESE and SE. We get some pulses of long-period groundswell, like a 23-second period on Friday the 11th, but with a 22 mph cross-onshore wind, it’s a complete write-off. That kind of long-period energy needs a calm day to really shine, and we aren’t getting one. The combined energy still hits strong numbers, but without the wind cooperating, there’s no point.

Looking further out, the final week is mostly flat or onshore slop. A little bump on Monday the 14th (4 ft, 20-second period) is ruined by 16 mph onshore wind. After that, it’s just small, weak windswell with no period and no quality.

So, what's the call? The stand-out, if you can call it that, is the Sunday the 6th morning session at Lighthouse Right. It's the biggest and most powerful swell of the entire run, but it's a challenging, windy beast. If you're an expert with a board you don't mind dinging, you might find some deep water freight trains. For everyone else? This is a long, painful 16-day wait. Keep an eye on the charts, but honestly, take a week off. This just isn't our time.

- Rusty

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