Oceanic Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' for us over the next couple weeks. Honestly, it's a pretty flat stretch ahead. We're staring down a long gap with no real surf to get excited about.

First up, Oceanic Pier (beach/pier setup) on Thursday the 27th of August. We're looking at a tiny 1ft swell from the SE with a short period of 9 seconds. The energy is weak (37). There's a risk of thunderstorms and a SW cross-offshore wind at 6 mph, so it might look clean, but the swell is just too small and weak to generate any worthwhile waves. It's basically a flat day. This same pattern of tiny, weak swell continues day after day.

Moving through the period, there's a period of glassy conditions on Saturday the 29th with the swell still at a pathetic 1ft, then a calm, glassy 2ft on Sunday the 30th, and even a glassy 2ft on Monday the 31st. But it's all the same story: poor surf. The combined energy numbers tell the tale, staying under 100 the whole time — these are tiny, weak pulses of swell. Water temp is sitting at a very warm 82° (normal for the time of year) if you're thinking of a swim, but not for surfing.

The first sign of anything slightly different shows up on Wednesday morning, September 2nd. The swell bumps up to 2ft from the SE with a period jumping to 11 seconds, and the energy reading hits a modest 96. The wind is a clean cross-offshore from the SW at 6 mph. The file calls it "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions" and gives it a score of 1. I'd call that the best of a bad bunch, but "best" here is a relative term. It's a fringe day for a longboard, maybe.

That little blip passes, and we're right back to tiny, poor surf through the first full week of September. There are several days with offshore winds (like Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th), but the swell stays around 1ft to 2ft with weak energy. The break is consistent by nature, but with this much swell, consistency doesn't matter — there's just nothing to ride.

So, the outlook is a long 16-day stretch with only one very marginal window on the morning of September 2nd. For a spot that can be fairly consistent, this is a dry spell. The swell direction stays locked in from the SE and ESE, which is fine for the optimum swell direction from the NE, but it's too small to matter. It's the kind of setup that might look more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer, just because the wind is clean and the water is flat.

Stay patient, check in later. Forecasts can always turn around.

- Rusty

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