Spring Lake Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's take a look at the surf for Spring Lake over the next couple of weeks. I'll be straight with you—it's looking lean. Real lean. We're staring down a solid 16-day window, and the first real chance of anything worth paddling out for doesn't even show up until Thursday the 3rd of September, but even then, it's not much to write home about.

The overall pattern is dominated by tiny, weak swells. The energy levels are mostly in the low double or single digits, which is a sure sign the lake is flat-lining. The water temp is running about average for this time of year, nothing wild to report there. For the first few days, we’ve got a little 2ft swell bump from the southeast with a period around 9 seconds, offering a combined energy of only 70. It's surfable but very ordinary. The wind is set to be clean—offshore on Thursday afternoon from the WNW—which is the only saving grace. That combo might give you a few little crumbly things to ride, but don't expect much.

From Friday the 4th right through to Wednesday the 9th, it’s a wasteland. Scores are bottoming out as the swell collapses. Heights drop to 1.0ft, periods fall off, and the energy fizzles down to single digits. The wind stays clean for most of it, but with no swell to work with, that doesn't mean a thing. Sunday the 6th sees a slight bump in height to 4ft, but it's a junky, short-period 5-second windswell from the east with a cross-shore wind at 15 mph. That’s not a surf forecast, that’s a kiteboarding forecast—the setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The combined energy reading was 69, but with that short period, it's just messy bump.

After that, from the 10th through the 17th, it's more of the same. Tiny waves, poor conditions, and scores that stay at rock bottom. We see a few moments of offshore wind, particularly from the WNW up to 19 mph on Monday the 14th afternoon, but with the swell at a pathetic 3ft from the south and a period of only 4 seconds, it's just a choppy, blown-out mess. The combined energy that day was 74, but the quality is awful.

Then, on Friday the 18th of September, we get a little glimmer. The morning shows a small 3ft bump from the ENE, but the wave period is a terrible 4 seconds. However, for a moment, the wind is completely glassy, absolutely zero. The score is still a zero though, as that short period just doesn't deliver any shape.

You could pick a board with fins and paddle around, but if you're looking for a wave to actually surf, you're better off waiting for the next system. The best on offer, and I use that term loosely, would be a quick session Thursday the 3rd afternoon when that tiny 2ft swell meets the offshore WNW wind at Spring Lake. But even then, it's for the longboarders who don't care about size.

This kind of blank run is pretty normal for here. It’s Lake Ontario, not the ocean. Swell windows are small and infrequent. Keep an eye on it though—forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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