Redwood Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, and I’ve got the skinny on what’s coming up for our little corner of the coast. Let’s be straight with each other, because the forecast is a bit of a mixed bag and you gotta know when to paddle and when to stay home.

Alright, let’s start with Redwood Creek. First thing you gotta know is the water temp is running about average for the time of year, which is fine. The swell energy is all over the place, and honestly, it’s gonna be a waiting game.

We’re kicking off on Tuesday, the 11th of August. The morning is the best we’re gonna see for a while. There’s a 7ft swell from the northwest with a period of 8 seconds, and the wind is light and blowing from the NW, which is offshore. That’s clean. The combined energy is moderate at 545. It’s not perfect, but it’s the best window. The afternoon gets bigger, 10ft, but the wind swings cross-on and it gets messy. That’s big, too big for beginners, and the energy jumps to 1117, but the quality drops fast.

Wednesday the 12th, the morning is still okay with a 6ft swell from the NW, but the wind is already cross-on, so it’s choppy. By the afternoon, the swell is 8ft and the wind picks up to 12 mph from the NNW, making it choppy. Not worth it.

Thursday the 13th, the morning has a 6ft swell from the NW with offshore wind again, but it’s short period. The energy is 538. The afternoon is cross-on and small ripples. Not great.

Then we hit a real lull. From Friday the 14th through to the 24th of August, there’s a long stretch of nothing good. The swell drops to waist-high or smaller, the wind is mostly cross-on or onshore, and the energy is weak. The only real standout in that whole period is a weird one: on Saturday the 15th, we get a 2ft swell from the SW with a very long period of 18 seconds, but the energy is only 354. That’s a long period groundswell, but it’s tiny and the direction is off. It’s not gonna work.

Then on Monday the 24th of August, things start looking up again. The morning shows a 6ft swell from the NW, period of 8 seconds, with offshore wind. The energy is moderate at 615. That’s the best call in the second week. The afternoon is cross-on and choppy again.

So, overall, the standout window is Tuesday morning, the 11th of August. The morning of the 24th is a promising but less certain call for the long range. The rest is a lot of small, onshore, or choppy conditions. Redwood Creek is a river break, and it doesn’t break often, so when it does, you gotta be on it. The crowds are often there, so be prepared for company.

Take it or leave it, but that’s the story.

Rusty.

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