Suicides Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s in the water.

Honestly, looking at the next couple of weeks, it is a pretty bleak run for Suicides. This is a known advanced reef break, and it needs a clean, offshore wind to really fire, but for the entire 16-day window the wind is almost constantly coming from the north, cross-onshore or even onshore. That’s just not what we want. The water temp is around 72°F, which is pretty average for this time of year.

We kick off on Saturday July 11th, but there’s nothing to kick off *with*. The swell is tiny—only about 2ft from the north with a weak 5-second period. Combined swell energy is a measly 34. The wind is a light cross-on, making small wind ripples. It’s a poor day, plain and simple. Sunday the 12th sees a little more push, with a 4ft NW swell at 8 seconds and energy jumping to 177, but the NNE wind is still cross-onshore and choppy. Still rubbish.

Monday and Tuesday the 13th and 14th stay poor. We get waist-high NW swell around 3ft, but the wind never cleans up. By Wednesday the 15th, the swell drops right back to 2ft with an even weaker period of 5 seconds. It’s not worth paddling out.

The second half of this week and into the next, from about Thursday the 16th through Sunday the 19th, the swell builds up nicely, pushing from 5ft up to 6ft. The combined energy goes from 230 all the way to 600, so there is definitely power there. But here’s the heartbreaker—the wind stays relentless from the north, fresh and cross-onshore, turning the ocean into lumpy, choppy mess. The period is short, around 7 to 9 seconds, so it’s a windswell, not the clean groundswell this reef needs.

That trend holds for the entire second week. Monday July 20th shows the biggest swell of the period at 7ft from the north, with energy hitting 771. That’s a decent push, but again, the NNW wind is onshore and fresh. This would be a close-out nightmare at a beach break, but at Suicides, a reef, the shape might be better, but only for experts. The 7ft height is definitely over the beginner-friendly mark. The wind messes it up too much to call it a standout.

After that, the swell slowly fades through the 22nd to the 26th, but the wind stays onshore or cross-onshore, and the water stays lumpy. There isn’t a single day in this whole outlook where I can point to and say “go, it will be clean.” It’s a long, disappointing wait.

The only thing worth noting is that if the swell gets over 5ft and the wind ever swings offshore, this place would be a beast. But based on what’s in front of us, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing given the constant cross-on wind and building swell. There just isn’t a good surf option in this 16-day window for Suicides.

Rusty.

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