Surf City Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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

To be straight with you, the outlook is a mixed bag. We’ve got a bit of a wait for anything decent, and most of the run is pretty flat or blown out. The first real wave of energy arrives around Monday the 13th, but it’s not clean. There’s a longer lull in the middle of the period where things get really small and messy. The best window shapes up to be the very end of the forecast, around the 23rd and 24th, if we’re lucky.

The water temp is holding about average for this time of year, so the rubber is your call.

Let’s start with the only spot we’ve got, Surf City Pier. It’s a sandbar setup, very consistent, but the crowd can be on it sometimes.

Friday the 10th starts weak. The morning has a 4 ft swell from the SSW, period a short 6 seconds, with a cross-offshore wind. The combined energy is only 159, so it’s weak. It’s surfable but very ordinary. The afternoon gets worse as the wind picks up and goes cross, making it poor.

Saturday the 11th is similar. Morning is 4 ft from the SSW with a clean cross-off, but the energy is still weak and the waves are just ordinary. The afternoon drops off to almost nothing.

Sunday the 12th is tiny. 2 ft swell with no power. A total write-off.

Monday the 13th is where the swell jumps a bit. The morning bumps up to 5 ft from the east, with a period of 6 seconds. The energy is moderate (210). But the wind is cross-on from the ENE, so it’s going to be choppy and messy. The afternoon is a bad onshore mess with rain. It’s a skip.

From Tuesday the 14th right through to Saturday the 18th, it’s a long stretch of tiny, weak, onshore-affected surf. The swell bounces between 0.7 ft and 3 ft. The winds are mostly cross-on or cross, and the energy is low to very low. The water gets lumpy. Honestly, this is a kite-surfing kind of setup, not a paddle-surf one.

Sunday the 19th is the first glimmer. The morning has a 3 ft swell from the south, with a 7-second period and a clean cross-off wind. The energy is 98, still weak but the clean wind makes it surfable. It’s very ordinary. The afternoon gets ruined by strong onshore and a 6 ft choppy mess.

Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st show a bit more life. Tuesday the 21st afternoon is our first real standout. The swell is 4 ft from the south, period 7 seconds, but the wind goes glassy. The energy is 150, moderate. It’s the cleanest the waves will be for a while. It’s still only rated as surfable and ordinary, but the glassy conditions make it the best look of the whole first week.

Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd are a mix of small, short-period swells and messy onshore winds. But then Thursday the 23rd afternoon, we get another glassy moment: 3 ft from the SSE, period a short 5 seconds, but the wind is glass. The energy is just 63. It’s surfable.

Friday the 24th morning is the second standout. A 3 ft swell from the SSE, period 5 seconds, with a clean cross-off wind. The energy is 63, weak. It’s nothing special size-wise, but the clean conditions are the best you’ll get for a small wave session.

Saturday the 25th is a return to moderate onshore winds and small, weak swell. Not worth planning around.

So, if you’re looking for a session, the best bets are Tuesday the 21st afternoon for that glassy 4 ft south swell, and Friday the 24th morning for the clean, small waves. The rest of the window is a tough watch.

Rusty.

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