Redwood Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Looks like we’ve got one spot on the radar for the next couple of weeks, and it’s a bit of a tricky one. I’m talking about Redwood Creek, a river mouth setup that rarely breaks and is best left for the advanced crew. Water temp is sitting around 54°, which is about normal for this time of year.

The outlook kicks off on Sunday, July 5th with a 6ft NW swell, but it’s onshore and the call is “marginal” at best. We’ve got moderate wave energy (657) but the wind is straight onshore, so it’s gonna be messy. Nothing really worth paddling out for.

Monday and Tuesday keep the trend going: onshore winds, only 5ft to 5ft of NW swell, and the energy is moderate (around 577-579). The forecast keeps using the word “marginal,” which is code for “don’t get your hopes up.”

Then we hit a proper dry spell. From Wednesday afternoon through to the end of the week, the wind turns cross-onshore, the swell period drops short, and the combined energy, while still moderate, just can’t overcome the crappy conditions. By Thursday afternoon, July 9th, the swell bumps up to 8ft with strong energy (1108), but with a 9 mph cross-onshore breeze, it’ll be a choppy, blown-out mess. Only for the hardcore or the kite surfers, that one.

Most of the second week, from July 11th through July 19th, is a long stretch of cross-onshore wind and “marginal” or “poor” calls. There’s a brief chance on the morning of July 15th with some clean-ish offshore wind and a 5ft NW swell, but it’s still only a marginal call. The big standout arrives on Wednesday, July 15th, in the afternoon. We’re looking at a 10ft NW swell with very strong wave energy (1616), and the wind is offshore and light. That’s a big, powerful swell for the experts – 10ft is no joke – and the conditions should be clean. It’s over a week away, so keep an eye on it, but that’s the one window that looks proper.

After that, things drop back down to small, long-period WNW swells (2ft to 3ft, with periods of 14 to 19 seconds). Those long-period groundswells can be a bit too straight for a river mouth, but the wind is often offshore, so it might be worth a look for the patient surfer.

The final few days, July 19th and 20th, see the swell pick back up to 5ft to 7ft, but the wind is cross-onshore again, so it’s back to the marginal zone.

So, to wrap it up, the only real standout is that Wednesday afternoon, July 15th, with the 10ft NW swell and clean offshore wind. The rest of the 16 days is a lot of waiting for the wind to play nice at a break that rarely comes to life. This is a tough run for Redwood Creek.

Rusty.

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