10th Street (Avalon) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's get into it. To be straight with you, the next 16 days are looking pretty tough for a proper paddle at 10th Street (Avalon). This break is inconsistent, and that’s going to be the theme. We’ve got a long stretch of flat to tiny, messy surf, and it’s not really until the second week that we see a bit more size, but it comes with problems.

We start off with nothing really on offer. For the first few days, it’s tiny: from the 4th to the 6th of September, we’re looking at waves around 1 to 2 ft. The energy is weak, just 14 to 102 in the combined energy range. The winds are okay on the 4th with a moderate offshore, but the swell is just too small to bother with.

The morning of Monday the 7th gives us a little flicker of hope. We get a 2 ft wave from the east with a 10-second period, which is a bit of long-period groundswell. The combined energy hits 109, so we’re in the moderate range. The winds are light and cross-off, so it’s clean. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. That’s the best we get until the second week.

We then go through another run of nothing. From the 8th through the 12th, it’s all under 3 ft and mostly weak energy, under 100. Don’t even bother.

Then we hit Sunday the 13th. This is the standout, if you can call it that. We see a jump to 5 ft in the morning from the NE, and 6 ft in the afternoon from the ENE. The period is short though, only 7 seconds, so it’s windswell. The combined energy jumps up to 243 and 325, which is moderate to strong energy. But, and this is a big but, this spot is a beach/jetty setup, not forgiving on a short-period swell like that. The winds are the problem. Morning is a cross-shore with light ripples, and the afternoon turns onshore from the SE at 9 mph. That’s going to chop it up. At this size, 6 ft with onshore wind, it’s going to be a mess and really only for experts. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual to report.

After that, it drifts back down. The 14th through the 18th is mostly small and junk, with cross-shore or onshore winds. The morning of Saturday the 19th has a pulse of 5 ft from the east, period of 6 seconds, and moderate energy of 206. Again, it’s windswell. The wind is a moderate cross-off, so it will be clean on the face, but that short period at a beach break means it’ll close out fast.

All in all, there’s no session here that gets me excited. The only two mornings with a bit of size and clean wind are the 13th and the 19th, but the swell quality is poor for a beach break. This setup would honestly look more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer on those days. For a surfer, the window is pretty much a blank run, which is fairly normal for this area given the inconsistency.

Rusty.

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