Silver Strand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and uninspiring for Silver Strand. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak surf and onshore winds which is going to make things messy. You're gonna have to be patient if you want a wave.

We start off with nothing worth paddling out for on Tuesday the 8th and Wednesday the 9th. The swell is tiny, around 1ft to 3ft, coming from the SSW, but the wind is on it and the energy is weak (98 to 136). It’s just not happening.

Thursday the 10th through Saturday the 12th is more of the same – small, weak, and poor. The swell stays under 2ft with light cross-onshore breezes making it bumpy. There’s nothing here to get excited about.

Now, there is a small glimmer on Sunday the 13th. The afternoon glass-off looks like the best bet all week. The wind drops to glassy, the swell bumps up slightly to 3ft from the west with a 10-second period, and the energy jumps to a moderate 250. The comment even says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” It’s not going to be epic, but for a wave-starved stretch, this is about as good as it gets. It's still only a 3ft wave, but it will be clean.

After that, we sink back into the poor conditions for the next week and a half. Monday the 14th through Thursday the 18th is all small, weak, and mostly onshore. The swell is consistently under 3ft and the energy is moderate at best, ranging from 94 to 232. You can forget about it.

We do get a bit of a pulse on Sunday the 20th with the swell jumping to 7ft from the WNW. That’s a bigger swell, but the period is a short 7 seconds, the energy is a strong 583, and the wind is still on it. That short period is going to make for a lumpy, jumbled mess at this beach break. It's more likely to close out than offer any real shape. Then on Monday the 21st there’s a 5ft west-northwest swell with a 6-second period and 496 energy. Again, this is just windswell junk, and it’s not going to be good for surfing.

The last day we have on the books, Wednesday the 23rd, is back to a pathetic 2ft. Honestly, this forecast is a bummer. Even the bigger swells are spoiled by short periods and onshore wind. For a beach break like Silver Strand, these conditions are more interesting for the kite surfers than us paddle surfers.

This is one of those flat, frustrating stretches. Hold tight, stay patient. These blanks don't usually last forever, and the forecast can always change.

That's all I've got. Stay salty.

Rusty

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