Pilgrim Avenue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. The next 16 days are looking pretty slim around here, to be honest. We’ve got a long stretch of small, messy conditions before anything even starts to look interesting. There’s a real gap of surfable waves for the first week and a half, so don’t be in a rush to grab your board.

We start off on Tuesday, 1st September, and it’s a write-off. Pilgrim Avenue is seeing tiny 1ft swell from the SE with a short period of 7 to 8 seconds, and the wind is all over the shop – cross and cross-on. The water temp is sitting at 70°F, which is about normal for this time of year, nothing to write home about. The combined energy is a measly 19 to 30, so there’s just no power there. This pattern of poor surf and small, weak swell drags on through the entire first week and into the next. We get a few mornings with clean conditions from offshore or cross-off winds, like Thursday morning the 3rd and Friday morning the 4th, but the swell is still pathetic – 1ft to 3ft with weak energy (54 to 76). It’s surfable but very ordinary.

The whole first week is a bust. The wind stays moderate, the swell is tiny, and the energy is low. You’re looking at a solid 8-day gap with no real recommendation.

Now, things finally start to stir on Thursday, 10th September. The afternoon brings a bit of a pulse. We get a 6ft swell from the SSW, with a period of 7 seconds, and the wind swings offshore from the W. The combined energy jumps to 251, which is moderate to strong. The surf is still described as “surfable but very ordinary conditions,” but this is the first real sign of life. The size is getting into intermediate territory, but it’s still a bit raw.

Then Friday, 11th September, is your best bet of the whole outlook. The morning and afternoon both show a 4ft to 5ft SSW swell with a period of 8 seconds, and the wind is light and cross from the NNE. The energy is solid – 190 in the morning, hitting 264 in the afternoon. That’s the strongest energy we see in the whole 16 days. The wind is light, keeping it clean, and the size is punchy for a reef and point setup like Pilgrim Avenue. This is the standout. The swell direction is from the SSW, which is not the optimum SSE direction, but the size and the clean conditions make it the best on offer. The 5ft height is good for intermediates, but it’s not huge.

After that, it drops off again. We get a couple of days of smaller, weaker swell from the SSW, with light cross winds on Saturday the 12th, but the energy is back down to 42 to 77. The following week, from the 13th onwards, is back to the same story: tiny waves, poor conditions, and weak energy. There’s nothing else to get excited about.

So, to wrap it up: Friday, 11th September is the only real standout. Head to Pilgrim Avenue for the morning or afternoon for a 4ft to 5ft SSW swell, light cross winds, and solid energy. It’s not going to be perfect, but it’s the best we’ve got in a long, dry spell. The rest is a waiting game.

Rusty.

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