Octagon House Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board and listen up. It’s Rusty here, and I’ve been staring at the charts for the next couple of weeks. I’m not gonna sugarcoat it: it’s looking pretty bleak for waves around here. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and mostly chopped-up surf on the horizon. You’re gonna have to be patient.

The first real chance of anything rideable isn’t until the 4th of August, and even then, it’s a struggle. The swell is tiny, coming in at around 1ft from the south with a short, weak 4-second period. The combined energy is a paltry 9, which is about as weak as it gets. To make matters worse, the wind is a cross-onshore breeze from the SSE. The water’s warm at 86°, which is about average for this time of year, but that’s about the only positive thing I can say.

We’re looking at a gap of several days with no surf worth mentioning. The swell bumps up slightly to 2ft to 3ft through the 5th, 6th, and 7th, but the wind stays messy, and the period is stuck at a gutless 5 seconds. The energy readings are all in the low double digits, which tells you just how weak this all is. Thursday the 6th might have a slightly bigger 3ft wave, but it’s still onshore and junky. This is all just closeout mush, not really surfable.

We go through another stretch of nothing from the 8th to the 13th. The swell stays in that 1ft to 2ft range, with periods of 5 to 6 seconds and a constant cross-onshore wind. There’s a little more energy showing on the 13th and 14th, with the combined energy climbing into the 30s and 40s, but the direction is still all wrong, and the quality is just poor. It’s all chop and bump.

The 17th and 18th bring a little change, but not a good one. The swell drops off, and the wind swings around to the west, giving us a cross-shore breeze. The morning of the 18th has a clean-ish 0.7ft with a 10-second period, but that’s not even knee-high. It’s a tease. The wind is forecast to pick up later, making it messy again.

To be honest, this whole run looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. With the constant cross-onshore winds and weak, disorganized swell, you’d be fighting a losing battle on a surfboard. The only constant here is the lack of quality. There are no standouts, nothing to get excited about. It’s a flat, blown-out mess. I hate to say it, but leave the board in the car and find something else to do for a while.

This is a situation where the forecast can change, and I hope it does. But as it stands right now, there’s nothing here for a surfer.

Rusty, out.

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