Slip Point (Clallam Bay) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be honest with you – this is a pretty grim stretch for Slip Point (Clallam Bay). There’s a big, quiet gap at the start. From now until the morning of Wednesday, August 5th, there’s just nothing worth paddling out for. The energy is a big fat zero. You’re looking at flat, clean mornings with light easterly cross-off winds, but no swell to push you around. Just a whole lot of nothing.

Things finally get a tiny pulse on Wednesday morning, August 5th. We’ve got a weak 3ft swell from the west, with a short period of 8 seconds. The combined energy is pretty weak at 144 (moderate), and the conditions are described as “surfable but very ordinary.” The wind is light and cross-offshore from the east, so it’ll be clean, but honestly, the waves are gonna be small and gutless. It’s a beginner-friendly size, but not much fun for anyone else. That afternoon, the wind goes glassy, but the swell completely shuts off again.

Then we hit another dry spell. From Thursday, August 6th, right through to Sunday, August 9th, it’s a flat zone. A few days of clean mornings and onshore afternoons, but no swell to speak of.

The next blip on the radar is Monday morning, August 10th. We see a 4ft west swell with a period of 9 seconds, and the combined energy bumps up to 186 (moderate). The wind is a light cross-off from the east-northeast, making it clean. Again, it’s small and ordinary, but it’s the pick of a very poor bunch. That afternoon, the wind swings onshore from the northwest and ruins it.

After that, it’s a long, slow fade into nothing. Tuesday the 11th through to the end of the forecast window on Tuesday, August 18th, is mostly flat. There’s a tiny pulse of 3ft on the afternoon of Saturday, August 15th, but with onshore wind and a combined energy of 147 (moderate), it’s poor.

The only true standout, if you can call it that, is the morning of Wednesday, August 5th. It’s clean, the swell is just about surfable, but it’s fleeting. The rest of the window is a write-off. For a spot that’s fairly exposed, this is a real bummer. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Keep your eyes on the forecasts, though. It tends not to stay this flat forever.

Rusty.

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