Salmon Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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The 16-day window opens but, honestly, there’s a brutal stretch ahead before anything decent shows up. For the first week or so, we’re looking at a run of poor to marginal conditions. Strong onshore winds and messy, short-period swell are the story. There’s a real gap of about 10 days where you wouldn’t want to paddle out.

From Sunday the 23rd through to about the end of August, it’s grim. The forecast at Salmon Creek (Salmon-Creek) is mostly onshore wind ripples and poor surf. The swell is small and weak, with combined energy values often under 400, struggling to break properly. A sneaky 1.6 ft swell on Monday the 24th has a very long 18-second period, but as it’s on the wrong wind and direction, it’s not doing us any favours. Towards the end of the month, the swell size bumps up – we see 6.9 ft and 7.9 ft on the 26th and 28th – but with heavy onshore WNW wind and short, choppy periods, it’s ugly out there. On Saturday the 29th, the combined energy jumps to 1117, but 9.8 ft of lumpy, windblown swell with a 35 km/h onshore blow is a hard pass for paddle surfing.

The real turnaround starts to show on Friday, September 4th. The morning brings a 3.3 ft SW groundswell with a long 18-second period. The wind is light from the W, so it’s onshore but manageable. The combined energy is a solid 1389, showing some real grunt starting to fill in. It’s still marginal, but the potential is there.

Here’s the standout. Saturday, September 5th, morning. We’ve got clean, cross-offshore wind from the S at 15 km/h. The swell is 6.2 ft from the NW at 10 seconds, giving it some good shape. The combined energy is 1322, which is strong. This is the best on offer for the whole outlook. The offshore wind, the size, the energy – it points to proper, clean waves at Salmon Creek. For experienced surfers, this is the session to circle on the calendar.

Then on Sunday, September 6th, morning, it’s glassy. Completely calm wind from the S at 5 km/h. Swell is 5.6 ft from the NW, with that same 10-second period. It’s clean and inviting, with a combined energy of 893. That’s a beautiful window for a solid, uncrowded surf.

So, after a long, rough dry spell, the second week of September finally delivers. The 5th and 6th are your targets. The lead-up is bleak, but the forecasts can change – this spot tends not to stay poor forever.

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