Sixtynine Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The next 16 days look like a pretty drawn-out flat spell for Sixtynine. There’s very little energy, no solid swells, and most of the time we are looking at tiny waves and ordinary conditions. We have a gap starting from the 20th of August where there is just about nothing worth paddling for until the morning of the 23rd. After that, we get a brief pulse, but it’s not much to write home about.

Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st, you can pretty much leave the board at home. Tiny 1 ft to 2 ft windswell from the SW or W, periods up to 18 seconds but with the onshore and cross-onshore airflow, it’s messy and weak (energy around 87-52). No score, no fun. The water temperature is your average for this time of year, nothing out of the ordinary.

The one day that shows any kind of life is Sunday the 23rd of August. Early morning, we get a clean little pulse from the WNW around 2 ft with a 12-second period, light cross-offshore breeze from the NE. Combined swell energy sits at 117 — you’ll feel a little push but it’s still small. For intermediates, you could scratch a few rides, but it is not going to blow your mind. Crowds are a possibility here at times, and consistency is usually reliable.

From Monday the 24th through to the 1st of September, it’s a near-total blank with barely enough energy to move the foam. A couple of glassy afternoons around the 25th and 26th but with zero swell. We start to see a few tiny pulses return from the 2nd of September: the afternoon of the 2nd sees a 1 ft WNW groundswell at a very long 16-second period, glassy conditions, and energy creeping up to 72 — surfable but very ordinary. The 3rd of September afternoon is similar, 1 ft WNW, 13 seconds, glassy, energy at 86. Still tiny, but the cleanest windows of the whole run.

The standouts? Honestly, there is no real standout here. If you are desperate, Sunday morning 23rd of August is the best of a very flat bunch — small but with clean conditions. After that, the afternoons of the 2nd and 3rd of September offer glassy windows with a bit of long-period WNW energy, but don’t expect much more than waist-high sliders.

Overall, the second week is as quiet as the first. This area knows how to go flat for long stretches and this is one of those times. Forecasts can change, but right now it looks poor.

That’s just how it goes sometimes.

Rusty.

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