St Andrews State Park Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get this straight, folks. Rusty here. I'm looking at our patch for the next couple of weeks and, well, I gotta be honest with you. It's a tough stretch. We're looking at St Andrews State Park.

The water is sitting at about 87°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least you won't need a hood.

Right now, and for the next week, it's basically flat. We're talking tiny, wind-chopped little ripples. There's a storm risk on Friday the 28th with a light cross-onshore breeze, and the swell is a measly 1ft from the south with a short period of 4 seconds. The energy is basically non-existent at just 3. Saturday the 29th morning is clean with a cross-offshore wind, but the swell is even smaller at 0.7ft. Saturday afternoon is just as bad with a tiny 2ft from the southeast. This pattern of tiny surf and poor conditions just keeps rolling through the whole first week and into the start of September. There's a couple of glassy mornings on the 3rd and 4th of September, but with almost no swell at all, you're just staring at a flat, oily ocean.

There's a long gap here with really nothing worth paddling out for.

We finally start to see a pulse of energy around the 7th of September with a poor 2ft from the west, but it's onshore and choppy. The real hopeful window starts to show up on Tuesday the 8th. The swell is a bit better at 3ft from the west, and the energy is climbing to a moderate 53. It's still not great, but it's getting there.

The standout in this whole 16-day window is going to be the morning of Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th of September. We get a 4ft to 5ft west-southwest swell with a period of 6 seconds. The energy on the 10th morning is moderate at 142. But the real kicker is the wind. Wednesday morning is clean with that cross-offshore easterly, and Thursday morning is even better with light easterly winds. Thursday afternoon looks absolutely perfect with glassy conditions. This is the best we’re going to get. The swell is still small for a beach break like this, so it won't be much, but if you're desperate for a slide, that's your window.

After that, it fades back to tiny mush again through Friday and Saturday.

So, to sum it up: the first week is a total write-off. The second week has a brief, promising window on Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th mornings, with the best chance being Thursday morning for some clean, glassy little waves. Don't get your hopes up too high, but it's something.

Rusty.

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