Oceanic Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s cookin’ at Oceanic Pier.

Honestly, this is a bit of a tough stretch. The finder is turning up zero recommendations across the entire 16-day window, which is a real bummer. The swell energy is weak, the winds are mostly wrong, and the surf quality is rated poor all the way through. We’re looking at a long, blank run with no real standouts to get excited about. But, you know how it goes – it tends not to stay this poor for long, and forecasts can change.

Let’s walk through the window day by day. Starting off this Saturday, the 5th of September, we’ve got tiny 1 ft waves from the ESE with a short period of 8 seconds. The combined energy is a measly 12, so there’s hardly any push. The morning has a light offshore WSW breeze at 6 mph, which would keep it clean, but with waves that small, it’s barely a paddle. Water temp is a warm 83°, about average for the time of year.

Sunday the 6th drops even further to 0.7 ft, and a cross-onshore wind from the NE makes it messy. Monday the 7th sees a spike in height to 4 ft, but the period crashes to 6 seconds – that’s pure wind chop. The onshore wind is howling at 19 mph, and the energy climbs to 140 (moderate), but it’s going to be lumpy, blown-out, and ugly. This setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Tuesday the 8th is more of the same: onshore winds, short period, messy. The energy peaks at 197 (moderate), but it’s all junk. Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th drop back to tiny waves, though Thursday morning does offer a brief window of glassy, clean conditions with a light offshore WSW wind at 9 mph. The swell is only 2 ft from the SE, so it’s not really rideable, but at least it’s pretty to look at.

From Friday the 11th all the way through to Sunday the 20th of September, the story doesn’t change. We’re stuck in a pattern of weak, short-period swells, mostly onshore or cross-onshore winds, and poor surf quality. There’s a glimmer on Wednesday the 16th of September morning with glassy conditions and a 1 ft SE swell, but it’s tiny. The energy never gets above 77, and the waves rarely top 3 ft. There’s no point sugar-coating it: this is a flat spell, and for an area like this, a blank run is more normal than you’d hope.

Stick with the long-range models, boys. That’s all I’ve got for now.

Rusty.

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