Surf City Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, taking a look at what's cookin' at Surf City Pier. Gotta level with you, it's pretty flat out there for a long stretch. Water temps are a balmy 83°, so that's about normal for this time of year, but that's the only thing that's normal.

The whole forecast is just a bunch of small, weak swells with messy conditions. The combined swell energy is mostly weak, sitting under 100 for almost the whole run. Forget any big groundswells; it's all short-period windswell.

For the first week, from Tuesday the 25th right through to Monday the 31st of August, it's a total bust. We're talkin' tiny waves, mostly around 1 feet, with onshore and cross-onshore winds that'll chop everything to pieces. There's a couple cleaner moments, like Friday the 28th morning with a light cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is only 3 feet with a weak 6-second period – no juice. The energy is low, and it's just not worth the effort.

We roll into September with the same story. Tuesday the 1st has a long-period 15-second swell, but it's tiny at 0.7 to 1 feet – all that period with no height means no wave to ride. The wind is bad, too.

The best of a bad bunch looks like the morning of Wednesday the 2nd of September. We've got a clean 2-foot swell with a light cross-offshore breeze from the WSW. It's surfable, but "very ordinary" is being kind. The energy is still low (90 on the scale), so break out the longboard.

Then another possible highlight shows up on Friday the 4th of September. A clean, 2-foot swell from the ESE with a 10-second period. The wind goes offshore from the WNW in the morning and stays clean in the afternoon. The swell energy here is moderate (107 on the scale), the best we'll see all forecast. If you're jonesing for a session, Friday the 4th morning is your best shot for some clean, if small, waves.

After that, it's back to tiny, weak, and choppy for the last few days. A long, frustrating stretch.

Rusty.

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