Sixtynine Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right now, we’re looking at a pretty flat start. The first surfable waves aren’t due until Sunday afternoon, September 27th, and even then it’s barely a ripple. Up until that point, it’s a long stretch of next to nothing—days and days of zero energy, just tiny wind bumps that aren’t worth paddling for.

The only spot with any pulse is Sixtynine. It’s a fairly exposed, consistent break that picks up WNW swell, but it’s been dead for almost two weeks straight. The water temp is sitting at 82°F and that’s about a degree and a half warmer than usual for this time of year—so the ocean’s got that bathwater feel.

Finally, on Sunday the 27th afternoon, there’s a faint sign of life. Swell comes through at 1.0ft from the WNW with a long period of 16 seconds. That’s a proper groundswell, long gaps between sets, which at a beach setup like this could mean it breaks a little too straight. The wind goes glassy, which is a beautiful thing for clean faces. Combined energy is sitting at 74 (weak), so it’s not going to light the world on fire, but it’s the only moment in the entire 16-day window where the wave comment even says “surfable.”

Monday the 28th morning shows a tiny 1ft from the same direction, period dropping to 15 seconds, but wind is cross-onshore so it won’t be as clean. Afternoon glass-off again, energy similar, still very small.

Let’s be real: the standout here is that Sunday afternoon glass-off session on the 27th. It’s not going to be pumping, but if you need to get wet, that’s the window. The rest of the run is flat, with weak energy readings under 100 for the entire forecast. This break doesn’t often stay poor this long, so things could shift, but as it stands, patience is the name of the game.

Rusty.

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