Salmon Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright mates, Rusty here. Let’s chew the fat on what Salmon Creek is serving up over the next couple of weeks. It’s a slow burn, but the payoff is sweet.

Don’t even bother waxing up for the first few days. From Thursday August 6th right through the weekend, it’s a whole lot of nothing. The swell is tiny, barely a foot, and the wind is all wrong, cross-on or onshore, just making a mess of things. The energy is weak, barely cracking 200, so there’s nothing to work with. That’s a long, barren stretch of marginal and poor surf.

Then, on Sunday August 9th, the swell finally shows up, pushing 6ft from the NW, but the wind is still onshore, so it’s just a bumpy, blown-out mess. The energy is up near 900, but it’s not fun. It stays that way through Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th, with the swell dropping to about 5ft but still with cross-shore wind making it a gamble.

The good stuff kicks in on Wednesday August 12th. This is the real deal. We’ve got a solid 6ft NW swell combined with a light cross-offshore wind from the SSE. The conditions are clean, the energy is a strong 748, and it’s lining up right. This is the best-looking day of the entire forecast.

The quality carries right through Thursday August 13th and Friday August 14th. The swell drops to about 5ft on Thursday but stays clean with cross-offshore winds. Friday afternoon the swell drops to just 2ft, but it’s a long-period groundswell from the SSW with an 18-second period. That means long, lined-up waves and easier paddling, though it might run a bit straight on the sand.

The second standout is Saturday August 15th. The morning session is clean with a 3ft SW swell, a 16-second period, and light offshore winds. The energy is 638. It’s a smaller day, but it’s going to be uncrowded and perfect for a long, cruisy session.

After that, it fades. The last real highlight is Tuesday August 18th. The swell is tiny, only 2ft, but in the afternoon the wind goes completely glassy. A dead calm, 3 mph breeze. It’s a tiny, clean, empty wave. If you’ve got a longboard, that’s the session to chase.

The rest of the outlook from August 19th onward is a write-off with strong onshore winds and tiny surf. So, to put it simply: the first week is a dud. The best windows are Wednesday August 12th through Saturday August 15th, with the cleanest power on Wednesday and the glassiest dawn patrol on Saturday. And don’t forget that Tuesday glass-off.

Rusty, out.

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