Pobbles Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey crew, Rusty here. I’m gonna look at what’s queueing up for the next couple weeks, same deal just tellin’ it in feet, miles, and Fahrenheit.

Right off the bat, the 16-day stretch looks like a washout. The first few days show no real surf to speak of, and soon it hits a dead zone that runs for well over a week. Only a single day has spotty rideable waves and barely enough push.

Friday, Sept 11
Well, we finally get a pulse: Friday morning. Swell runs waist to chest high from the WSW with a 9-second period at 314 combined energy. That’s a groundswell that’s got a little grunt and a nice 9 mph NW crosswind keeping it glassy. But the morning’s done by the time you blink, with the afternoon chopping up and dropping.

Saturday & Sunday
By Saturday the wind shifts straight outta the SW at 19–22 km/h, and the sea goes lumpy and cross-onshore. The build to 1.9m on that Sunday means it's nearly 2m but with messy short period – a no-go unless you hate yourself. Sunday morning shows up with a pounding from the WNW at 15 km/h, and the 1.3m swell looks washable but nothing more.

Monday, Sept 15 to Saturday, Sept 20
This is the dead air part. Periods of cross-off wind pop up but swell size is low – at 0.4m–1.1m. From Tuesday 15th , you get small, weak western leftovers. Thursday’s the only time we break a meter, hitting 2.1m and 2m with NW/WNW cross-off, but the period is just 7 seconds and energy moderate (343). Only skilled experts will have a go at the close outs. Everyone else just watches from the sand.

Third Week Purgatory (Sept 20–24)
It goes silent. Swell settles under 1m with average period around 6–8 seconds and almost no push (read energies between 44–18). The on-and-off windy but glassy afternoons go nowhere. Long-period stuff (16 seconds!) creeps in on the 26th but is only 0.1m – basically a tall ripple.

The Word
Water is about 19°C – an anomaly of 3° warmer than your pour-over coffee’s need. The standout? Honestly… not even one. For a handful of days the conditions stay cross-on and messy. Only true option to do anything would be early this Sunday morning if you're desperate for a session, ‘cause 1.3m with a light cross-off is the only mild readability.
Beyond that, I’d save the wax. It stays terrible all the way through.
– Rusty

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