San Carpoforo Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what we’ve got for San Carpoforo Creek (United States).

Right off the bat, this is not a blockbuster forecast. We’re looking at a long stretch of mostly small, messy surf with constant cross-onshore wind. The first few days are just tiny. Tuesday morning the 11th has a weak 1ft swell from the SSW with a very long 19-second period, but the combined energy is only 346 – that’s weak. The wind is light and cross-on, so you’re getting small wind ripples and marginal conditions. It’s not worth paddling out for. Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday the 12th are similar with 2ft to 2ft, still light cross-on breeze and marginal surf. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing weird going on.

Thursday the 13th morning has a little bump to 2ft from the SW with a 16-second period, but again, the wind is onshore and the conditions are marginal. The combined energy is still weak at 393. Thursday afternoon the rating drops to poor as the wind picks up. Friday the 14th morning the swell picks up to 2ft but the combined energy is still only 507. It’s marginal at best with a light onshore breeze. That afternoon the wind swings to a moderate cross-onshore and the surf turns to junk.

The weekend doesn’t offer much. Saturday the 15th morning shows 3ft from the SSW, 16-second period, but the wind goes cross-onshore in the afternoon and chops it up. Combined energy climbs to 782 – moderate now – but with the choppy conditions from a 12 mph wind, it’s a write-off. Sunday the 16th is more of the same: 4ft morning, then afternoon turns to moderate cross-onshore and choppy. The whole first week is a write-off for quality waves.

Monday the 17th through to Friday the 21st is a grind. Swell stays between 2ft and 3ft, all from the SSW or SW, with periods dropping to 13-16 seconds. The wind is constantly cross-onshore or onshore, and the combined energy never kicks into anything exciting. The wave comment keeps saying “poor” or “marginal.” Don’t bother.

Now, here is the one standout, but it comes with a massive caveat. On Saturday the 22nd we finally get a glassy morning. Winds go light from the WSW, nearly calm, and the sea turns to glass. Swell is only 1ft from the SSW, with a 16-second period and combined energy of 348 – weak – but the forecast says “expect good surf conditions.” For a spot like this, with consistent but small waves, that glassy window could deliver a few clean little runners for a longboard or a twinnie. You won’t be getting barreled, but you might get a fun slide. The afternoon, though, brings a bigger 7ft, 6-second windswell from the WNW – that’s short period, sloppy, and you are back to onshore conditions. That morning window at dawn on Saturday the 22nd is the only real window in the whole 16-day outlook.

The rest of the run into late August – Sunday the 23rd, Monday the 24th, through to Wednesday the 26th – is the same old story: tiny swell (1ft to 3ft), long period, but constant cross-onshore wind and poor to marginal conditions. Combined energy stays weak to moderate. There is nothing to get excited about for the second week.

Overall, it’s a bleak window for San Carpoforo Creek. If you are desperate, get up at dawn on Saturday the 22nd for that glassy, knee-to-waist high session. Otherwise, save your gas.

Rusty.

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