Salmon Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let's chew the fat about what's on the menu at Salmon Creek.

First off, we're looking at an advanced spot that's very consistent. The water is sitting at 58°F, which is pretty standard for this time of year. For the next week and a half, it's a bit of a mixed bag, to be honest. We've got a long gap of nothing really special on the cards, with a lot of marginal and poor conditions hanging around.

The real standout, the one that gets the blood pumping, is the morning of Saturday the 22nd of August. The combined swell energy is pumping at a solid 1357, and we've got a clean 6ft swell rolling in from the WNW. The wind is a light cross-offshore breeze, which means those waves are going to be clean and groomed. This is a bigger swell, so it's definitely one for the experienced crew. It's a promising long-range call, so keep your fingers crossed the forecast holds.

Before that, the morning of Wednesday the 12th of August is probably the best bet in the first week. The wind is a light cross-offshore, keeping things clean, with a 5ft swell from the WNW. The energy is moderate at 487, so it's not going to be a world-beater, but it's a solid session. Thursday morning the 13th of August also has some clean, cross-offshore wind, but the swell drops off to 4ft.

The rest of the time to the 22nd is a mix of onshore winds, smaller swells, and cross-shore lines. The wind is often onshore or cross-onshore, which is a drag. The swell direction is mostly WNW, which is what Salmon Creek likes, but the period is often short, around 9 seconds, so the waves will be a bit weaker and more jumbled. There's a couple of fun-looking windows on the 15th and 16th of August with a 3ft swell from the SSW with a long 17-second period, but the wind is onshore or cross-onshore, so it's a gamble.

Around the 18th of August, there's a big spike in energy to 1810 with a 6ft WNW swell, but it's being hammered by a moderate onshore breeze, so it's a washout. Then on the 21st of August, we get a 6ft WNW swell with a cross-shore wind, but the period is a tiny 6 seconds, which is just a messy chop.

Stick with the morning of the 22nd of August for the best of the lot. The rest of the fortnight is a waiting game.

Rusty.

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