Spring Lake Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Folks, Rusty here. Let’s talk about Spring Lake for the next couple of weeks.

Water temperature is a pleasant 75°F, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year. Nice, but we need more than that to get stoked.

Right now, we’re looking at a long, slow start. Tuesday the 25th has tiny 1ft waves from the southeast with a long period, but the energy is a measly 38 – barely a ripple. The wind is offshore, so it’s clean, but there’s no push. Wednesday the 26th is the same story: small, weak, and then a late afternoon cross-onshore breeze that messes it up.

Thursday the 27th is rough. The wind swings onshore and by the afternoon it’s howling 22 mph from the south, with a messy 4ft of short-period windslop. The energy climbs to 154, but that’s all wind, not wave quality. This one’s for the kite surfers, not the paddle surfers.

Friday the 28th is the first day with a pulse. The morning is clean with a light offshore breeze, and we get 3ft of southeast swell (energy 121). The wave comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” and that’s about right. It’s not great, but it’s the best we’ve seen. The afternoon cleans up even more with a WNW offshore, but the swell drops to 2ft. If you’re desperate, Friday morning is your window.

Then we hit a big, boring stretch. Saturday the 29th through Monday the 31st morning is all tiny, weak, and mostly cross-onshore chop. You’re looking at 1ft to 2ft with energy in the teens and twenties. Not worth the drive.

Monday afternoon the 31st offers a flash: 3ft from the south with a clean offshore wind from the WNW. The energy is still only 67, and the period is a short 5 seconds, so it’s weak and crumbly. But it’s clean. Then Tuesday and Wednesday (September 1st and 2nd) are back to tiny, clean but gutless.

The second week, from September 3rd onward, is a mixed bag of very ordinary conditions. The swell stays small, rarely above 2ft to 3ft, and the wind is mostly cross or cross-onshore. There’s no standout quality. The energy numbers occasionally climb (like 115 on September 5th), but the period is short and the conditions are choppy. It’s just not doing anything special.

The Bottom Line: There’s no true standout in this outlook. The best you’ll get is a very average session on Friday morning, August 28th, with clean 3ft waves. Or maybe a clean, weak 3ft on Monday afternoon, August 31st. But honestly, this is a lean two weeks. Keep your expectations low and your eyes on the forecast.

Rusty.

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