Oceanic Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Oceanic Pier over the next couple of weeks.

Straight up, I gotta be honest with you – this is a grim stretch. We’re looking at a long, painful run of small, weak, and mostly messy surf. The whole 16-day window is pretty much a write-off for any decent paddle surfing. The first real chance to even get wet without hating life doesn’t come until Saturday the 8th, and even then, it’s barely a whisper.

Let’s break it down. Starting now, Thursday the 6th and Friday the 7th are a total no-go. We’ve got tiny swell, with heights around 0.3 ft to 3 ft, short periods of 6 to 10 seconds, and cross-shore winds that are just chopping everything up. The combined energy is pathetically low, sitting at 41 to 47 (weak energy) on Thursday, and dropping to nearly nothing on Friday. Don’t even bother paddling out.

Saturday morning the 8th finally shows a little pulse. The swell picks up to 3 ft from the SE, with a period of 8 seconds and a combined energy of 109 (moderate wave energy). The wind is a light cross-offshore, so the morning session will be clean. But it’s still tiny and the afternoon turns into a cross-shore chop again. This is the only real standout of the whole two weeks, and it’s a sad one. For a beginner-friendly break like Oceanic Pier, this is about as good as it gets, but it’s still just ordinary.

After that Saturday morning, it’s back to the doldrums. From Sunday the 9th through to the 21st of August, the swell never gets above 2 ft. The combined energy flirts with triple digits for a moment on the 18th and 19th (59 to 63 – still weak energy), but the wind goes onshore or cross-onshore, ruining any chance of a clean wave. There are a few moments of offshore wind, particularly on the 11th, 12th, 13th, 16th, and 21st, with light breezes that would make the surface glassy, but the swell is just too small – 0.7 ft to 2 ft – to push anything rideable through. Even the glassy conditions on Sunday the 16th afternoon can’t make up for the lack of energy.

Honestly, if you’re keen on riding something, the set-up here for the second half of the month looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer. The wind is consistently cross or cross-off, and the small, weak swell won’t stand up for a surfboard.

So, to sum it up: your best and only real shot is Saturday morning, August the 8th. Clear skies, 3 ft SE swell, light cross-off breeze, and clean conditions. It’s not gonna be epic, but it’s the only window that’s not completely hopeless. For the rest of the forecast, it’s a long, flat wait.

Rusty.

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