Stockton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s on offer for Stockton. I’ll be straight with you – this one’s a tough stretch. The whole 16-day window looks pretty bleak, with nothing that’s really going to get the heart pumping. There are long gaps where you’d be better off doing anything else.

We start off with a rough patch. From Sunday the 30th of August right through to the end of the first week, it’s all small, weak, and messy. The combined energy is tiny, barely cracking 20 or 30 (22 to 27), and the swell is just a piddly 1 ft from the southeast, with a short, weak period around 7 to 8 seconds. Onshore winds spoil most of it. A couple of mornings, like Monday the 31st and Tuesday the 1st of September, do see a brief window of clean conditions with light offshore or glassy winds, but the swell is so small and weak it’s barely a ripple.

There’s a flicker of something a little better on Wednesday the 2nd of September. The swell bumps up to 2 ft from the SE with a longer period of 11 seconds, and the combined energy gets to 79 – still weak, but the most we’ll see. Morning has a clean cross-offshore breeze, and the afternoon turns glassy. The waves are still just surfable, nothing special, but if you’re desperate for a float, that’s your best shot. After that, we slide back into ultra-small, short-period slop for days. The 3rd and 4th offer some clean windows again, but the swell is flat.

Then we hit a real dead zone from the 5th of September all the way through to the 13th. For over a week the combined energy mostly sits below 30 (17 to 38), with swell heights lingering around 0.7 ft to 2 ft. Periods drop way down to 3 to 7 seconds – that’s pure wind chop. The winds are all over the place, but mostly onshore or strong cross-offshores that keep the ocean looking more like a washing machine than a surf break.

Finally, on Sunday the 13th of September morning, we get a last little tease. The swell comes up to 3 ft from the SSW, with glassy conditions, but the period is a terrible 4 seconds – meaning close to zero energy. The combined energy is still just 25. It’s a clean-looking puddle. By the afternoon, onshore wind (15 mph) ruins it again. Monday the 14th is a write-off with strong onshore wind.

Honestly, for Stockton, this is a blank run. The setup here is a beach and jetty, and with the swell so small and the winds mostly poor, it looks more interesting for a kite surfer than anyone with a paddle. Don’t hold your breath; forecasts can change, but right now, there’s nothing to get excited about.

Rusty.

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