Spring Lake Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s on the menu.

To be honest, it’s a struggle. We’re in for a long stretch of tiny, weak waves, and the first real chance to surf comes in on Saturday, September 5th. That’s a 1ft SE swell, with a short 8-second period and barely any energy (19). The wind is cross-off, so it’s clean, but there’s just not enough water moving to get a decent ride. That’s the story all the way through to Thursday, September 17th: small, weak, and mostly poor.

You’re lookin’ at a real gap of nothing. From Saturday the 5th all the way through Wednesday the 16th, the scores are flat zeroes. The swell is tiny, periods are short, and the energy readings are all in the low double digits or even single digits – that’s a dead ocean. The only thing that even catches your eye in that stretch is a Wednesday morning, September 9th, when a 5ft south swell rolls in, but it’s a 6-second period with fresh cross-shore wind and a lumpy chop. That’s more of a kite-surfing breeze than a paddle-surfing wave.

The one day that might get your heart beatin’ a little faster is Thursday, September 17th. Come morning, we’ve got some 2.5ft to 3ft swell from the SE, period bumpin’ up to 9 seconds, and the energy finally climbs into the triple digits (118). The wind is a gentle breeze from the SW, blowin’ cross-off, so the surface is clean. The wave comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” and I’ll take that over a week of nothin’. This is the only stand-out in the whole 16-day window, but even then, it’s not a world-beater.

Spring Lake is a consistent sandbar that’s exposed to the ENE swell, but we just aren’t gettin’ the right juice. Given the long run of poor surf, I’d say this is a pretty normal quiet spell for the area. Don’t lose hope – forecasts can change, and it tends not to stay this flat forever.

Rusty,
Out.

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