Pelican Watch Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Howdy folks, it’s Rusty.

Let me tell you, looking out at Pelican Watch right now, it’s pretty grim. We’ve got a long stretch of tiny, messy swell and a lot of cross-onshore wind. From the 16th all the way through to the 27th, it's looking pretty marginal, if not flat. There’s a few knee-high days with short-period wind swell, but it’s nearly all chopped up. Don't get your hopes up.

There is one bit of light early on the 20th – a brief glassy window with a 0.4m southeast swell, but it’s gutless. You’d be reaching for the log and probably a book. Water temp is about normal for this time of year, so nothing crazy there.

Now, the real story is the end of the month. The morning of Tuesday the 29th shows a bit of life with a clean 1.1m east swell, but it’s still short-period. Then things get properly interesting on Wednesday the 30th. We see a solid pulse of energy coming in from the southeast with a strong southwest wind pushing the swell. The combined energy clocks in at 603, which is the biggest read we’ve had in a long time. It’s 1.1m to 1.2m and the wind is cross-off and clean. That will produce proper, waveable surf. It’s not for beginners at that size, but for the rest of us, it’s the clear highlight of the whole week.

And it carries over into the morning of Thursday the 1st. The swell drops a little to 0.9m but it’s clean, still coming from the same solid direction, and the light offshore wind should keep the face smooth. That looks like another good session.

So the long and short of it: the first two weeks are basically a bust. But the last three days of the forecast window, specifically the 30th and the 1st, are where you want to be. A long-ranger for sure, so don’t book the time off yet, but it’s the only thing that’s got any sparkle to it.

That’s all I’ve got. Be patient, and keep an eye on the horizon.

Rusty, out.

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