Redondo Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here.

Honestly, looking at the next stretch, we’re in for a bit of a flat spell. I won’t sugarcoat it—the first week and a half is looking pretty grim for any real waves. We go from now right through to the middle of next week with nothing that’s going to get you excited. There’s a gap of about nine days where there’s just no quality surf on offer.

We start with basically nothing on Friday the 7th. There’s a tiny bit of energy, around 1ft of SSW swell, but it’s all over the place with short, weak periods. That long-period groundswell is coming from the south-southwest, but it’s just not making any real impact. The energy is sitting in the low 200s (202), which is weak, and the wind is cross-onshore, making it a complete mess. Not worth paddling out for.

The weekend is more of the same. Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th are poor, with the swell barely reaching 2ft to 2ft. The periods are dropping, the winds are fickle and onshore, and the whole thing looks like a washout. You’d be better off doing anything else.

We see a slight bump in energy on Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th, but the swell height stays stuck around 1ft to 2ft. You’d be scratching for anything, and the onshore breezes in the afternoons aren’t doing us any favors. The wave energy is still low, just in the 140-241 range, so there’s no punch to any of it.

The whole first week—from the 7th through the 13th—is a true dead zone. Don’t get your hopes up.

Now, let's talk about the light at the end of the tunnel. Things get interesting heading into the second weekend. Saturday the 15th sees the swell start to pick up a touch, reaching 3ft from the SSW, and the energy is starting to build, getting into the high 300s (389). It’s still not great, with cross-onshore winds messing it up, but you can feel something is brewing.

The standout moment in this whole run is clearly Sunday morning, the 16th of August. We’ve got a 3ft SSW swell, and for the first time, the wind is forecast to be glassy. Absolutely dead calm. The water is going to be as clean as a sheet of glass. The wave energy is a healthy 331, which is moderate, and the period is a workable 15 seconds. It’s not huge, but it will be clean and rideable, and on a beach break like Redondo Beach, it should be enough for a fun morning on a longboard. The sea surface temperature is running a wild 4° warmer than usual for this time of year, so it’s going to feel like a bath out there. This is your window if you want the best chance of a clean wave. The period is long, so watch for it to be a bit straight at the beach, but it’s the best you’re going to get, and it’s worth the effort.

After that, Tuesday the 18th and Thursday the 20th also show some glimmers, with cross-offshore winds cleaning things up on the mornings. But the swell is down around 2ft and the energy, while decent, is a step below that Sunday glass-off. They are decent options, but not the standout.

Bottom line: it’s a long haul of flatness, but if you’re patient, that Sunday the 16th is your best bet. Otherwise, you’re waiting a while.

Rusty, out.

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