Point Mugu Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. Looking at the charts for Point Mugu, it’s a bit of a slow burn for the next week and a half. There’s plenty of small, weak swell around, but the winds are mostly cross-onshore which is going to keep things lumpy and messy. You’ll be fighting for scraps, not riding waves. The combined energy is pretty low, mostly in the 90s to 300s range, which tells you there’s just not much push behind anything.

For the next several days, from Wednesday right through to early next week, it’s a wasteland. The swell is tiny, 1ft to 2ft, and the period is all over the place. That first batch of swell we see is short-period stuff, 13-14 seconds, which is okay but nothing to write home about. The wind is the real killer though, that SSW cross-onshore is going to put a chop on everything. The only thing worth mentioning is Thursday afternoon where it goes cross-off and clean, but the swell is still too weak to get excited about. It’s just not doing it.

Then, around the middle of next week, things start to look a little more interesting. The swell from the SSW starts to fill in, and the period jumps up. On Friday the 14th and the morning of Saturday the 15th, we see the energy spike significantly, with readings hitting 379 and 381. That’s a real pulse of energy. The wave heights are still small, 2ft to 3ft, but that long-period groundswell is what we’re after. The morning of Saturday the 15th is the standout. The wind is light and cross-off, and the conditions are described as clean. That’s the pick of the whole run. The swell direction is SSW, which is spot on for Point Mugu. It’s a beginner spot, so this is ideal. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing crazy.

After that brief window, the energy drops back off again. The following week fades back into the ordinary, with small surf and mostly poor conditions. The week after that, the 20th, shows a bit of a bump in energy again, 339, but it’s still pretty marginal. It’s a long way out, so I wouldn’t get too attached to that idea.

So if you’ve got a window, make it the morning of Saturday the 15th. It’s the only time this whole period where the stars align for a clean, rideable wave at Point Mugu. It’s not big, but it’ll be clean and fun. The rest is a waiting game.

Rusty out.

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