Slip Point (Clallam Bay) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at your local forecast for Slip Point (Clallam Bay). It’s a point break, fairly exposed to the swell, and it likes a WNW direction. The water temp is about average for this time of year. Let’s be real with you—honestly, the next 16 days are a tough stretch for decent surf here. There’s a big gap of nothing good from now until late Sunday morning.

We’ve got a few windows where you might scrape a session together, but nothing is going to blow you away. The standout is going to be Thursday, September 10th, in the morning. That’s the best of a fairly quiet bunch.

Let’s run through it. For the rest of today (Friday, August 28th) and all of Saturday, it’s just poor conditions with cross-onshore winds and no real swell energy. Not worth paddling out.

Then Sunday morning, August 30th, we finally get a pulse. It’s glassy, which is a major plus, with a 2 ft swell from the west, period of 9 seconds. The combined energy is weak (76). It’s surfable, but very ordinary. The wind stays glassy for Monday morning, too, with a similar 2 ft west swell (70 energy). Still just small and weak.

After that, it goes quiet again through the week. Wednesday, September 2nd, has clean offshore winds, but there’s no swell to speak of. You’d be sitting on a flat lake.

The best bet is Thursday, September 10th, in the morning. The swell picks up to 4 ft from the west, with an 8-second period. The combined energy hits moderate levels (168). It’s glassy, dead calm wind. This is the biggest and cleanest the surf will be for the whole 16 days. The 4 ft height is still manageable for a confident intermediate, but beginners might find it a bit punchy. The period is short, so it’ll be a bit fat and wobbly, but the glassy conditions will make it rideable. The morning is the only window here, as the wind shifts onshore by the afternoon.

The rest of the outlook is a wasteland of tiny, weak swells and poor conditions. Friday, September 11th, and Saturday, September 12th, have glassy mornings but the swell is barely 1 ft to 2 ft with almost no energy. For a point break, you need a bit more push.

So, to sum it up: if you’re desperate, hit the glassy morning of Thursday, September 10th. Otherwise, save your energy. It’s a quiet run for Slip Point.

Rusty.

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