Pilgrim Avenue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty checking in. Let’s be straight with you – the next 16 days are looking pretty grim for Pilgrim Avenue. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and messy surf, with very few windows to get excited about.

The overall pattern is dominated by tiny swell from the south and southeast, most of it under 3 feet, and the wind is almost always side-shore or side-onshore, which is just not what you want. The few times it does get glassy, the swell is practically non-existent. The combined wave energy is mostly in the weak to moderate range, with the highest reading of 422 only popping up on Monday, 5th August, but even then the conditions are described as poor. Don't get your hopes up.

We start the outlook on Monday afternoon, 27th July with a tiny 2-foot SE swell at 7 seconds. The water temp is sitting at 69°, which is about 1° cooler than normal for this time of year, so nothing unusual. The wind is a cross-offshore breeze from the SSW at 12 mph, but the surf is just too small and weak to be worth paddling out.

The next few days offer nothing better. A bump in size comes on Wednesday morning, 29th July, with a 6-foot S swell at 7 seconds, but it's period is short, and the wind is side-shore at 12 mph. The combined energy jumps to 330, but it’s still a "poor surf conditions" call. That setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer, to be honest.

Thursday afternoon, 30th July, has a brief moment of glassy conditions with a 4-foot S swell at 8 seconds, but the energy is moderate at 199, and the wave comment is just "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." It’s the best of a bad lot, but that’s not saying much.

From there, the surf drops right back into the 2-foot to 3-foot range for most of the first week of August, with the wind rarely cooperating. The best call I can give you is Saturday afternoon, 1st August, with a 3-foot S swell at 8 seconds and a clean cross-off breeze from the SSW at 9 mph. The energy is weak at 91, but at least it’s clean. The crowd profile at Pilgrim Avenue says it’s "sometimes" busy, so on a small, clean day like that, you might have a few friends out there.

The long-range outlook into the second week continues the trend. The swell is tiny, the wind is often cross-on or onshore, and the energy is weak. By Tuesday, 11th August, we're down to swells of less than half a foot, even with a 15-second period, there’s just no energy behind it.

So, to be honest, there’s no standout session here. The best you can hope for is a couple of weak, clean, small waves on Saturday the 1st of August. It’s a long blank run, which for this area is fairly normal when the pattern sets in like this. Forecasts can change, but right now, I’d keep the board in the car and look for something else to do.

Rusty.

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