Stockton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about Stockton. It’s been a quiet run and honestly, for the first week, you’d be better off waxing a surfboard just to hang on the wall. The swell is tiny, the wind is all over the place, and the scores don’t lie – it’s a long stretch of nothing.

The water temperature is sitting at 76°F, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – that’s over 5°F above the average. It feels like a bath out there, but there's no energy to play with.

Monday the 14th starts off with a clean morning – offshore northerly at 19 mph – but the swell is only 1 ft from the southeast with a combined energy of just 25. That’s weak, real weak. By the afternoon the wave height drops to 1 ft. Tuesday and Wednesday are flat and messy, and Thursday stays poor. Friday afternoon, on the 18th, we get a moment of glassy conditions with no wind at all, but the wave is only 1 ft. Pretty as a picture but no push.

Saturday the 19th is small and cross-onshore. The swell period stretches to 12 seconds, so there’s some groundswell character, but it’s still tiny at 1 ft and the energy is only 25. Hard to get excited. Sunday the 20th improves slightly with an afternoon glass-off and 2 ft, but it's still a small wave, period dropping to 5 seconds.

Now, come Monday the 21st, things start to change. Swell pushes up to 5 ft from the east, combined energy jumps to 211. The wind is cross-shore from the east at 16 mph, so it's lumpy. By the afternoon we get 6 ft and 301 energy, with cross-off wind cleaning it up a little. This is better but still not great.

Tuesday the 22nd sees the biggest swell of the period – 6 ft east, 8-second period, and energy at 470. That’s moderate-to-strong energy. However, the wind is a fresh cross-shore from the east at 22 mph, making for lumpy, choppy conditions. At this size, Stockton's beach setup is getting a bit heavy for beginners. The waves will be raw and bumpy, and honestly it’s looking more like a day for kite gear than a shortboard.

Wednesday the 23rd holds 6 ft but cross-onshore winds keep things messy. By Thursday the 24th, the swell drops back to 3 ft but we get a glassy morning with a slight westerly – surfable but ordinary. The energy is down to 139.

Friday the 25th has a pulse of 4 ft from the east-northeast, energy at 301, but the wind is cross-onshore from the east-southeast. Not ideal. The weekend stays small and mostly unremarkable.

The standout? Honestly, if you’re looking for something to paddle into, the best bet is Sunday the 27th. The morning brings a clean 3 ft from the east-southeast with a gentle offshore from the north-northwest at 9 mph. Energy is 143. It’s not huge, but it’s clean and rideable. The afternoon holds at 4 ft with cross-off winds, still clean. Crowds are possible at Stockton – it can get a few heads when conditions line up. That’s the pick of the whole 16 days.

Take it easy,
Rusty

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