Road K Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. I’m looking at a tough stretch for Road K over the next couple of weeks. Honestly, there’s not much to get excited about. The first few days are a write-off, with poor surf conditions and choppy, cross-onshore winds. The swell energy is weak, sitting at around 84. We’re looking at a tiny 2 ft swell from the southeast with a short period of 9 seconds, so nothing doing there.

The weather clears up a bit on Saturday, August 29, and for a brief moment, things get interesting. The morning sees a small 2 ft swell from the southeast, but the wind swings to a light cross-offshore from the north-northeast. The wave energy is only 77, but the conditions turn clean. By Saturday afternoon, the wind drops to glassy, calm conditions, with the swell shifting slightly to the east-southeast. The swell is still tiny at 2 ft, and the energy dips to 57, but it’s the cleanest, most inviting window in the whole forecast. Not a standout by any stretch, but for a beginner-friendly sandbar like this, it’s the best you’ll get.

Then it’s back to poor conditions for a long stretch. Sunday through Tuesday stay mostly choppy, light, and weak. The swell energy drops into the 20s and 30s. By Wednesday, September 2, the swell picks up to 4 ft from the east, but the wind howls at 25 mph, cross-onshore, making it messy and unappealing.

Thursday, September 3, brings the biggest swell of the period: 8 ft from the east with a period of 8 seconds. The energy jumps to 939, which is a big jump. The morning is clean with a cross-offshore wind from the northeast. That’s a powerful wave, but it’s big for Road K – definitely for experts only. The afternoon stays big but gets choppy.

Friday, September 4, still has some size – 8 ft from the east-northeast with a period of 9 seconds, energy at 1239. The morning stays clean, but by the afternoon the wind turns cross-onshore and the quality drops. Still, that Thursday and Friday morning window is the most powerful surf in the whole 16 days, but it’s raw and heavy.

After that, the swell fades fast. Saturday and Sunday drop to 3 ft and 2 ft, and the wind stays onshore or cross. The energy falls back to under 200. The second week of the forecast is a barren run – tiny swell, poor wind, and consistent cross-onshore junk. There’s a short-lived window on Tuesday, September 8, with a clean 4 ft from the southeast and an offshore wind from the northwest, but the period is only 5 seconds, so it’s weak and won’t hold shape.

All in all, the best options are the tiny, clean windows on Saturday August 29 – glassy and calm, perfect for beginners or a fun longboard – and the big, powerful clean windows on Thursday September 3 and Friday September 4 mornings for the experienced crew. The rest is mostly flat or blown out.

The water temp is about average for the time of year, with no anomaly to speak of, so a spring suit should be fine.

- Rusty

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