Redondo Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve gotta be straight with you: for the next couple of weeks, Redondo Beach is serving up a whole lot of nothin’ special. This stretch is lookin’ pretty flat and messy for the most part, with only a couple of brief windows where it might just about be worth paddling out.

The whole forecast period starts now, on Thursday the 13th of August, and runs through to Friday the 28th of August. The water temp is sittin’ at 71°, which is a massive 5° warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s very unusual, like swimmin’ in bathwater, but it won’t make the waves any better.

The first few days are a write-off. Thursday the 13th through to Monday the 17th of August are just poor – tiny swell, cross-onshore winds, and choppy conditions. You’re lookin’ at waves around 2ft to 3ft from the SSW, with a long period of 15-16 seconds, but the wind is just ruining any chance of a clean face. The combined swell energy is moderate at best – things like 211 to 393 – but it doesn’t matter when it’s this ragged.

Now, there’s a small glimmer. Tuesday morning, the 18th of August, we’ve got a bit of a clean-up. A light SSE breeze (6 mph) turns cross-offshore, and the wave height is a tiny 2ft from the SSW, period 16 seconds. The energy is moderate (277), and it’s described as “clean”. This is the best on offer in the first week – a small, clean window for a longboard or a foamie. It’s not gonna blow your mind, but it’ll be surfable and uncrowded; this spot gets crowds only sometimes, so you might have it to yourself on a Tuesday morning.

After that, it’s back to the doldrums. From Tuesday afternoon the 18th right through to Thursday the 27th of August, it’s a long gap of mostly poor surf with onshore wind and small, weak swell. The swell rarely gets above 2ft, period drops to 12-14 seconds, and the wind is either on or cross-on. There are a couple of “clean” mornings with cross-offshore breezes (like Wednesday the 19th and Thursday the 20th), but the swell is so marginal and the combined energy is weak (172-285) that it’s barely a ripple. Honestly, you’d be better off takin’ a rest.

The only other standout is way out on Friday morning, the 28th of August. That’s over two weeks away, so take it with a grain of salt. But the data shows a clean cross-offshore breeze (SE 9 mph) with a 2ft SSW swell, period 18 seconds, and the combined energy bumps up to 342. It’s the best-looking pulse in the whole forecast. It’s a long-period groundswell, so it’ll have some push, but at a beach break like Redondo, those long lines might straighten out a bit. Still, if it holds, that Friday morning is your best bet – just keep an eye on it.

Overall, there’s no big swell comin’. The pick is Tuesday the 18th morning and maybe Friday the 28th morning, but even then, don’t expect barrels. It’s a longboardin’ week.

Rusty

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