Surf City Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a proper surf at Surf City Pier. We’ve got a long stretch of small, junky, wind-affected waves ahead. It’s not a total write-off, but you’re going to have to be picky and patient.

The first real chance to even get wet comes on Monday, August 3rd. It’s still not great – a morning of stormy, cross-shore winds with some 7ft of south swell, but the energy is up a bit. The afternoon cleans up a little, dropping to 5ft, but it’s still a messy, cross-shore situation. Not exactly firing.

Things get more interesting on Tuesday, August 4th. The swell drops to 3ft from the south, but we get a light W wind that’s cross-offshore early, making for clean conditions. The energy is pretty weak, but it’s about the best we’ll see for a while. It’s surfable, just very ordinary.

After that, we fall back into a pattern of small, poor surf. There’s a lot of onshore and cross-onshore wind, keeping things choppy. The swell energy stays low. There’s a glimmer on Sunday, August 9th, with a cross-offshore N wind and some clean conditions, but the swell drops to 2ft from the southeast. It’s more of a longboard or bodysurf session than a real surf.

From August 10th, the swell goes almost flat. We get a couple of mornings with clean, offshore or cross-offshore winds, but the waves are tiny. Monday the 10th has 1ft of SSW swell, Wednesday the 12th gets up to 4ft with a clean cross-offshore W wind – that’s actually our standout of the whole period. The energy is at least moderate, and the light wind (10 km/h) will keep it glassy. It’s still not big, but it’s clean and it’s something.

The rest of the second week is poor. We see more easterly winds, cross-shore chop, and the swell stays small, mostly under 3ft. The period gets longer, but with no size, it doesn’t matter. The energy is weak.

So, what’s the call? The standout is Wednesday morning, August 12th. It’s clean, the swell is the biggest of the week at 4ft from the SSW, and it’s the only time the conditions really line up. It’s not a day for beginners, but for anyone else, it’s worth a paddle out. Everything else is pretty marginal. The water temp is about average for this time of year. Don’t expect much else until the pattern shifts. This is a long stretch of quiet, so don't hold your breath for anything magic.

Rusty.

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