Stockton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for the next couple of weeks.

To be straight with you, this is a tough stretch. We’re looking at a long, drawn-out period of tiny, weak surf with hardly anything to get excited about. The first real session that’s even worth a mention doesn’t show up until Friday the 24th of July, and even then, it’s pretty ordinary. Before that, from now through Thursday the 23rd, the ocean is mostly flat, blown out, or just plain messy. We’re talking about a solid week of nothing worth paddling out for.

The water temp is sitting about average for the time of year, nothing out of the ordinary there.

For the first break on the radar, Stockton is the only option. It’s a beach and jetty setup, exposed to the swell, and it’s a consistent spot, so it does get waves, but it’s just not getting any love from the ocean right now. The best we see is on Friday morning, July 24th. We’ve got a clean little wave with a light offshore breeze from the NE at 9 mph. The swell is a tiny 2 ft from the ESE, with a period of 8 seconds and weak energy (51). The surf report calls it “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” That’s your highlight. It’s ankle to knee-high, clean, and you might get a fun little ride if you’re on a log. Crowds are sometimes an issue here, so you might have a few others with the same idea.

After that, it’s back to small and mostly onshore slop. We get a brief moment of glassy conditions on Saturday morning, July 25th, with a 1 ft SSE swell, but it’s so weak and short-period (10 seconds) that it’s barely a ripple. The energy is a measly 22. That’s more of a paddle float than a surf.

The rest of the run into early August is a write-off. Onshore winds, tiny swell, and poor surf conditions are the story. It’s a pretty grim outlook for any kind of proper wave riding.

Rusty.

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