Suicide Cliffs Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s break it down. The short story is, you’ll be waiting a while before things get interesting.

Right now and for the next week, it’s dead flat. From Friday 11th through to the end of the week starting 14th September, the swell is tiny, mostly under 3 feet, from weak directions like NW, SE, and S, with short, weak periods around 6 to 8 seconds. The combined energy is under 100 (33 to 82). Winds are cross or cross-off from the east, keeping things clean, but with that little push, it’s not worth paddling out. There’s a solid gap of nearly a week with nothing.

Come Monday 21st September, everything changes – and I mean everything. A massive pulse hits. Monday morning sees a 21-foot swell from the SE with a very long 14-second period, and the combined energy is enormous (17,100). By Monday afternoon it’s 24 feet and 15 seconds (24,640 energy), with offshore winds from the north at 43 to 56 mph – gale to storm force. You can’t paddle into that. This is for the absolute elite only.

Tuesday 22nd is even bigger: 39 feet from the SE in the morning, 41 feet from the SSE in the afternoon. Winds shift to cross and cross-off, but at storm force, it’s a total mess. Wednesday 23rd stays huge, with 34-foot to 31-foot swells and strong winds from the west. This stretch is way too big for Suicide Cliffs – it’s a reef break, and these sizes are only for the most experienced.

Things settle toward the end of the 16-day window. Thursday 24th and Friday 25th September drop to 13-foot to 8-foot swells from the WNW and NW, with periods around 11-12 seconds. Winds become light offshore from the NNE. The swell is still solid, over 8 feet, so expert territory, but the combined energy drops to moderate (1,365 to 4,153). The wind is light and offshore, so it’ll be clean.

The standout is Friday afternoon, 25th September. Swell 8 feet from the NW, period 11 seconds, light offshore breeze from the NNE at 6 mph. The water temperature is around 83°F, which is average for this time of year. Crowds at Suicide Cliffs can be a thing, but with this size, it might thin out. This is your best bet if you’ve got the skill.

Saturday 26th September morning also looks decent: 10 feet from the NW, period 8 seconds, light offshore. The period is shorter, so it’ll be a bit less powerful, but still clean and punchy for the experts.

Bottom line: a long flat start, then a massive, dangerous pulse mid-week, and then a couple of good, clean, heavy days for experienced surfers at the very end. Keep an eye on the forecasts, because that last weekend might just fire.

Rusty.

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