Pilgrim Avenue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let’s have a look at what’s on the table for Pilgrim Avenue over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with barely anything rideable for the first several days. From Wednesday the 19th all the way through to Sunday the 23rd, it’s pretty much a write-off. Tiny, weak swells, mostly poor conditions, and nothing worth paddling out for. You’d be better off checking the tide pools or going for a swim. The combined energy is weak, sitting in the 20s and 30s (24 to 45 range), which is just not doing anything for this reef and point setup.

Things start to show a tiny pulse of life on Monday the 24th. We finally get a bit of push – swell bumps up to around 3ft from the south, with a period of 6 seconds. It’s not pretty, but with a clean offshore wind from the west-northwest in the morning and straight west in the afternoon, it’s at least surfable. The wave energy climbs a bit (76 and 74), but the quality is still pretty ordinary. If you’re desperate and local, you could get a few grovelly ones, but don’t expect any hero waves.

After that little hiccup of hope, it’s back to the doldrums. From Tuesday the 25th all the way through to the end of the month, it’s just constant small, weak, and often choppy conditions. The swell drops back to 1ft to 2ft most days, and the wind is all over the place – mostly cross-on or onshore, ruining whatever tiny bump there is. The combined energy stays low, mostly in the 20s and 30s, with a few brief spikes into the low 100s (105 and 144 on the 28th and 29th), but that’s just messy, short-period wind swell. Not surfable in any quality sense.

The best you can really hope for across this whole 16-day window is that Monday the 24th. It’s the only day where the stars sort of align for a clean, offshore session, even if the waves are small. The swell direction is from the south, which isn’t the optimum SSE that this break likes, but it’s all we’ve got.

Looking way out to the first few days of September, there’s a flicker of longer-period energy (12 seconds) coming in from the SE on Tuesday the 1st and Wednesday the 2nd, but the wave heights are still tiny (2ft to 2ft) and the wind is mostly cross-on or onshore again. The combined energy pushes up a bit (108 and 87), but it’s still going to be a frustrating, small-wave affair. Honestly, nothing here is a standout. It’s a lean run.

This is Rusty, signing off. Keep the board waxed, but maybe don’t rush.

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