Redwood Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it for Redwood Creek. This is a river mouth setup, and it rarely breaks, so when it does, it's a special little event. Right now, we’re looking at a pretty long stretch of days with something to ride, but it’s not going to be easy.

The overall pattern is a consistent run of NW swell, but the wind is a real battle. Most of the time we’re dealing with cross-onshore breezes, which chop things up and keep the quality down. The water temp is about normal for this time of year, nothing unusual there.

Monday the 3rd kicks off with 8ft to 10ft of NW swell, coming in at a moderate 9-second period. The energy is moderate to strong (854 to 1335), but it’s a write-off with that cross-on wind. Not worth paddling out for.

Tuesday the 4th looks a bit better. The morning has 6ft NW swell, and the wind swings WNW onshore at 3 mph. It’s still not clean, but the energy is moderate (571). It’s marginal, but the best of the early week.

The rest of the first week into the second week is a groundhog day of NW swell between 4ft and 8ft with the same cross-onshore wind. The energy stays moderate to strong, but the chop is persistent. Thursday the 8th through Sunday the 11th sees some bigger pulses, with a 13ft NW swell on Sunday the 9th afternoon (energy hitting 2613 – very strong wave energy), but that’s with a moderate breeze and wind is cross-onshore, making it a choppy mess. Anything over 8ft here is expert-only due to the size and the river mouth setup, so that Sunday is for the brave or the foolish.

The true standout, if you can call it that, is not a big swell event. It’s the glassy window on Monday the 17th. The swell drops right off to just 2ft, but it’s a very long-period 14-second groundswell from the SW, and the wind is glassy. The energy is still weak (302), but the conditions will be clean. For a spot that rarely breaks, seeing glassy conditions is a real treat, even if the waves are tiny. It’s the best chance for a clean, fun session, but don’t expect power.

Tuesday the 18th is a drop-off, with a long-period 15-second SW swell at 2ft, but the wind picks up cross-shore. That’s the end of the run.

Overall, there’s no big, clean standout. The best bet is the glassy morning of Monday the 17th for a clean, small-wave session. The rest is a battle with the wind.

Rusty.

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