Suicide Cliffs Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Suicide Cliffs over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough run. We’re staring down a 16-day window and there is genuinely no good surf to recommend. The first real sniff of anything comes on the morning of Friday the 11th, but it's barely a blip with a tiny 2 ft swell out of the SE at a short 4 seconds. Combined energy is a weak 8, and the wind is cross-shore. It’s a no-go. That sets the tone for the whole stretch.

The entire period is plagued by tiny swells. We see a slight lift on the morning of Sunday the 13th with 4 ft from the E, period still short at 6 seconds, and combined energy only hitting 85. The wind does turn cross-offshore, so it’d be clean, but the swell is just too weak and short-period to push over the reef. After that, the sizes drop off a cliff.

From Sunday the 13th afternoon right through to the end of the 16 days on Saturday the 26th, virtually every session is showing zero to 1 ft of swell, with combined energy figures in the single digits or low tens. There are long gaps of several days where the energy is literally zero. The water temp sits around 84°, which is pretty normal for this time of year.

The winds get a bit wild later on. Around the 20th and 21st of September, we get strong offshore winds (25 to 40 mph, from NNE and N), but with no swell to work with, that just makes it a painful paddle for nothing. By the 23rd, the wind swings onshore and goes gale-force, which would make a mess of anything anyway.

The bottom line is there is not a single standout here. The setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing with those strong, clean winds, but for a surfer, you’re better off leaving the board at home. Forecasts can change, but right now, this is a blank run, and for this area, that’s just how it goes sometimes. Keep an eye on the charts.

Rusty.

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