Telescopes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, listen up. Rusty here with the goods on our local lineup.

Water temps are sitting around 85°, which is normal for this time of year. Not a big deal.

The only real game in town for the next couple weeks is Telescopes. It's a proper reef that gobbles up this South and South-Southwest groundswell.

From Wednesday the 9th through Friday the 11th, it's a bit of a grind. We've got 4 to 6 feet of S/SSW swell with periods around 15-17 seconds. That's a nice long groundswell for the reef, but the wind is a steady 12 mph cross-off from the SSE. It'll be clean enough, but not perfect. The energy is strong, sitting in the 1200 to 1400 range. You'll have to deal with the chance of a thunderstorm rolling through.

Now, Saturday the 12th. That's the one you circle. We get a gorgeous 4 to 6 foot SW groundswell with an incredible 19-second period. The combined energy hits 2000 and then over 3000 – that's a big push. The wind goes dead calm. Zero mph. Totally glassy. The morning will be a bit smaller at 4 feet, ideal for a reef. The afternoon bumps to 6 feet, so that's expert territory, but it will be absolutely perfect. It's an advanced wave and it can get a crowd, but on a day like that, you just have to be in the water.

Sunday the 13th holds at 6 to 7 feet from the SW, but the wind picks back up to a cross-off. Still clean and solid, but the magic of a dead-calm ocean is gone. Monday the 14th drops to 6 feet, but we get a light offshore wind from the East in the morning. That'll be a nice, clean paddle.

From the 15th through the 18th, it settles down to 4 to 5 feet with shorter periods (13-15 seconds). The winds are moderate cross-off or cross. The energy drops from about 1200 to 950. It's surfable, but not the big show of the first weekend.

Second week, things get interesting again. From the 19th to the 24th, we see another clean pulse of SSW swell. Heights of 3 to 6 feet, but the winds look fantastic. We've got glassy conditions on the 19th, 20th, 21st, and 23rd afternoons with that dreamy 18-second period again. The energy is back up around 1200-1400. It's a long way off, but it has the potential to be just as good. Keep an eye on Saturday the 19th morning for a 4 foot glassy wave, and Sunday the 20th and Monday the 21st afternoons for 5 to 6 feet and glass.

So, to put it plainly: Saturday the 12th is the standout. Don't miss it. The weekend after that (the 20th) looks promising too. A solid, solid run for this reef.

Rusty out.

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