Lighthouse Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get into it.

Look, straight up, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and ordinary around here. We’ve got a long stretch of tiny, weak swell and iffy winds, so you’re not missing much if you’ve got other plans. There’s a glimmer of hope toward the very end, but we gotta work for it.

For the first week and a half, it's a struggle. From Sunday the 13th to about Friday the 25th of September, it’s mostly waves under 2 ft, with a few small bumps here and there. The combined swell energy is almost always below 100 (weak), and the wind is never really on our side – mostly cross or cross-on, and often moderate to strong. Even the cleaner moments, like Monday afternoon the 14th with a light N cross-off, only gave us 1 ft on a short 8-second period. Not worth paddling out for.

We get a tiny spike on Sunday morning the 20th – 4 ft from the SSW, period 7 seconds, combined energy hitting 146 (moderate). But the catch? That morning it’s cross-shore with a light breeze, and the afternoon cleans up with a SW cross-off. Still, the quality is described as poor. The swell direction is from the SSW, but Lighthouse (Point Judith) is exposed to SSE. That’s not a great match. The waves will be there, but messy and short period. Not the standout.

The real, and I mean only, window of hope shows up on Saturday the 26th of September. Saturday morning brings a clean 2 ft from the SE, with a 9-second period, and we finally get offshore wind out of the W at 15 mph. That’s clean. The combined swell energy is 81 – still moderate – but the conditions are finally working together. This is the best on offer. It's not a big swell, but with offshore wind, Lighthouse should have some clean little lines. The SE swell direction matches the optimum SSE well enough. Expect a few rippable waves. After that, Sunday the 27th morning also looks clean with 2 ft from the SE at 11 seconds, cross-off wind, and combined energy of 99 (moderate). That’s a good follow-up session. But after Monday the 28th, it gets messy again with a cross-onshore 3 ft from the E.

So if you’re hanging for a surf, mark your calendar for the weekend of the 26th and 27th. It’s not a swell of the century, but it’ll be the cleanest you’ll see in this forecast. Before that, don’t bother.

Water temp at the start of the forecast is 69°, which is about normal for this time of year, with a tiny anomaly of 2°. Nothing to write home about.

Stay patient.

Rusty.

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