Rocky Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’m Rusty, and here’s how things are shaping up for Rocky Point.

Straight up, we’ve got a rough road ahead. The next 16 days are looking lean and mean at Rocky Point. There’s no real standout surf to get excited about – the whole forecast is pretty much a blank run. We’ve got a gap starting right now, and it’s gonna be a long quiet spell. The first day with anything worth mentioning, and I’m using that term lightly, isn’t until Wednesday the 16th, but even that is a one-star, ordinary kind of session.

Let’s walk through it. We kick off from Friday the 11th all the way through to Tuesday the 15th with absolutely nothing. Total flat calm or poor conditions. The swell is tiny, under 3 ft, and the energy is weak – we’re talking values as low as 25 to 133 on the energy scale. The wind is mostly cross or cross-off, but the waves are just too small to care.

By Wednesday the 16th, we finally get a pulse of the tiniest waves. The morning shows 2 ft from the ESE at 7 seconds with clean conditions, but the energy is still only 72. It’s surfable but very ordinary. That’s the closest thing to a highlight we’ve got, and that’s not saying much. The afternoon turns even smaller and the wind goes offshore, but the wave height drops to 0.7 ft – barely a ripple.

The rest of the week from the 17th to the 19th stays flat, with waves under 1 ft and energy in the single digits. By Saturday the 19th afternoon, we get a jump up to 4 ft from the east, but it’s a short-period 6-second wind swell and the cross-shore wind is fresh and lumpy. That’s going to be a messy, choppy mess – honestly, with the wind and the weak, short-period swell, that setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The following week from the 20th to the 26th, the swell size builds a bit, hitting 5 ft from the east-northeast on Monday the 21st and Tuesday the 22nd. The energy climbs into the moderate range, up to 200 or so, but the wind remains fresh and cross-shore, creating lumpy conditions every time. The period stays short at 6-7 seconds, so the waves are going to be weak and crumbly. It’s still poor surf, and the quality just isn’t there.

This spot is fairly consistent, so a long dry spell like this is a bit unusual, but it happens. Keep an eye on the charts – things can turn around. For now, there’s nothing here to get the blood pumping.

Rusty.

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