States Avenue (Gas Chambers) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I'm looking at the charts for the next couple of weeks. It's a pretty grim outlook for our stretch of coast here, honestly. We're looking at a long stretch of small, weak, and mostly messy conditions. The first real chance of anything worthwhile is a long way off, so let's just be real about it.

The water temp is sitting at about 74°, which is bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The forecast starts off flat and ugly. Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th are a complete write-off. We're looking at cross-onshore winds, chop, and tiny swell. Tuesday afternoon actually sees the swell bump up to 5 ft, but it's a short-period, wind-affected mess with a fresh breeze straight on it. The combined energy hits 127 (moderate), but the quality is just poor. That is more of a kite-surfing scenario than a paddle-surfing one.

We finally get a break in the wind on Wednesday morning, the 29th. The wind goes light offshore from the WNW, which is a huge positive. The swell is a modest 3 ft from the SE with a period of 7 seconds, and the combined energy is 114 (moderate). It's surfable, but very ordinary. This is the only real bright spot in the whole first week, and it's barely a glimmer. It's clean, but it ain't gonna be big or powerful.

From Wednesday afternoon onward, we slip right back into a slump. The swell drops, and the wind patterns get messy again. Thursday the 30th has some clean-looking conditions with offshore wind, but the swell is tiny at 2 ft. Friday and the weekend? Forget it. We're looking at tiny, weak waves with onshore winds.

The whole first week is a wipeout. There's a gap of several days with no real recommendation.

Looking into the second week, things don't get much better. The morning of Monday the 3rd of August shows a tiny bump to 2 ft with a 9-second period from the SE, giving a combined energy of 84 (weak). The wind is light, but it's cross-onshore. It's poor. The only glimmer in the second week is the morning of Tuesday the 4th of August. The wind goes light offshore from the NW, and the swell is 2 ft. It's clean, but it's tiny. The afternoon of the 4th has a 1.5 ft swell and clean conditions, but it's still just ordinary.

For the rest of the second week, it's a desert. The swell is small, the period is short, and the wind is mostly cross or onshore. The 9th of August has some clean cross-offshore winds, but the swell is from the east with a period of 5 seconds, which is just awful. It's a long, quiet stretch.

So, the only time I'd even consider paddling out is Wednesday morning, the 29th of July. It's the only stand-out, and it's a very weak one. States Avenue (Gas Chambers) offers 3 ft of SE swell with light offshore winds. It'll be clean, but it's not going to be a day to remember. The crowds are often there, so expect company. Everything else is a pass. The setup looks more interesting for a kite than a surfboard for most of this period.

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