Out Front Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. Looking at the next 16 days, it’s a bit of a slow grind for waves. We’ve got a lot of small, weak surf and a lot of onshore wind messing things up. The swell window is just not lining up for us on the sandbar at Out Front, and the energy is mostly pretty weak.

The one thing that is notable is the water temp. When we do get out there, it’s sitting at 79°, which is a touch warmer than normal, about 3° above average. So, you won't need the thick rubber.

So, where does that leave us? The first real week is pretty much a bust. The best you can say is that we have a couple of cleaner windows, but the surf is tiny. On Monday the 17th, there’s a little bump of 2ft with a cross-off breeze, but the period is a short 6 seconds, so it’s not going to have any push. That early morning on Tuesday the 18th is clean too, but again, just a weak 2ft. There’s a glassy morning on the 19th, but it’s ankle biters at 1ft. It’s just not worth getting too excited about.

We get a tiny bit more energy on Saturday the 22nd afternoon when the swell period jumps up to 13 seconds and the energy reading climbs to 147, but the swell itself is only 2ft, and it’s coming from the ESE, which is cross-onshore here. It's a tease. Then, again, it just drops back off.

We see a bit more life in the second week. Around Thursday the 27th, the period is a solid 12 seconds, and the energy is moderate, reading 149. The swell is only 2ft, but that longer period might just give it a little more shape. It’s still cross-onshore, so it won’t be great, but it’s something.

The real standout, if you can call it that, is at the very end of the window. On Sunday the 30th, we finally see some proper size. The swell jumps to 4ft from the ESE with an 8-second period. The energy is the strongest we see all window, hitting 340, which is solidly moderate. The wind is a cross-shore, which will keep it a bit lumpy, but at least there will be some waves to push around. For a beginner, 4ft is still manageable, but any bigger and it starts to get challenging. It’s not perfect, but it's the best we've got on offer.

But let’s be real, the whole period is poor. There are no clean, good-quality waves. From the 15th to the 29th, it's a whole lot of nothing. If it weren't for that pulse on the 30th, this would be a total blank. It’s a persistent run of onshore winds and tiny swell, which is a more normal pattern for this stretch of coast when the conditions aren't lining up.

Don't book a surf trip based on this, but keep an eye on the long range—that energy spike is promising.

Rusty, out.

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