Out Front Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for the next couple weeks.

Honestly, mate, it’s a pretty grim stretch for Out Front. The whole 16-day window is a long, flat run of tiny, weak dribble. There’s no real standout, no day to get excited about. The first proper surf recommendation doesn’t even show up until the 22nd of August, and even then, it’s barely a ripple.

The water is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, sittin’ at 80°F.

We start things off on Saturday afternoon, 22 August, with a risk of thunderstorms and a 12 mph SE wind blowin’ onshore. Swell is a pathetic 3 ft from the ESE, with a short, choppy period of 4 seconds. The combined energy is a weak 45, and the conditions are just poor. Not worth paddling out for.

Sunday the 23rd is a little cleaner – a light W wind at 6 mph gives a cross-off breeze, but the swell drops to 2 ft from the S, period of 5 seconds. It’s surfable, but only just. The energy is weak at 42. You might get a few little crumbly ones, but it’s ordinary.

From Monday the 24th all the way through to the end of the month, it’s a desert. The swell is tiny, mostly 0.7 ft to 1 ft, with periods between 8 and 12 seconds, but the energy is barely registering – numbers like 29, 16, 18, 11. The wind is all over the place, but mostly cross-on or onshore. There’s a glassy moment on Monday morning, 31 August, with a 0.7 ft ESE swell, but it’s just too small to ride. The whole week is a write-off.

The first week of September doesn’t bring much relief. Tuesday the 1st of September has a strong 25 mph WNW cross-off wind, which is clean, but the swell is only 0.7 ft from the ESE. The energy is still weak at 36. On Wednesday the 2nd, the swell finally bumps up to 2 ft from the SE, with a longer period of 12 seconds and a clean cross-off breeze. The energy gets to 83 – still weak, but it’s the best it’s been. Thursday the 3rd sees a 2 ft SE swell, but the period is short at 6 seconds, and a 12 mph NE cross-shore wind chops it up. The energy is 80. It’s messy.

After that, it’s back to the same old story: tiny swell, onshore winds, and poor surf. Friday the 6th of September caps it off with a 2 ft SE swell, period of 7 seconds, and a 9 mph E cross-on wind.

So, the whole window is a bust. No standouts, no real surf. If you’ve got a kite, the afternoon on Thursday the 3rd with that 2 ft and a 19 mph cross-shore might be more interesting for you than for a paddle surfer. For the rest of us, it’s a time to check the gear and wait for the next system.

Rusty.

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