Redondo Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks at Redondo Beach.

The water’s sitting at a balmy 73°, which is a good 7° warmer than you’d expect for this time of year – that’s very unusual and a real treat.

So, straight up, we’re looking at a pretty flat spell for the start of this run. The first real whisper of something rideable doesn’t show up until Friday, September 11, but even then it’s tiny. The morning of the 11th is the best we’ll see for a while: a clean 2ft wave from the SW with a 16-second period – that’s proper long-period groundswell, which at a beach break like Redondo can be a bit straight, but it gives the energy (269) and the SSE breeze is clean cross-off. The afternoon turns light cross-on and the swell drops, so that morning session is a window.

After that, it’s a long, long stretch of poor conditions. From Saturday the 12th right through to Tuesday the 15th, you’re looking at tiny swell and mostly onshore or cross-onshore winds with very ordinary to poor surf. There’s a bit of a spike in energy on Wednesday morning the 16th (216) with a clean 2ft SSW swell, and that’s another small window, but still only knee-high at best.

We get a few more mornings late in the first week and into the second week where the wind is light and cross-off or cross, like the 26th of September, but the swell is tiny – 2ft and 2ft – and the ratings are low. The combined energy does climb into the 400s by Monday the 21st, but unfortunately the wind is onshore by the afternoon and the conditions are marked as poor.

Honestly, there’s nothing here that screams standout. If you’re desperate for a paddle, the best chance of a clean, rideable wave is the morning of Friday, September 11. That’s your pick. For the rest of the run, the energy is low, the swell is small, and the wind is mostly working against us. There are no real standouts in this 16-day window for Redondo Beach.

Rusty.

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