Inner Cut Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let’s talk about the next couple of weeks for your local stretch.

The outlook is a bit of a struggle, honestly. The biggest action comes much later, but there’s a sprinkling of promise if you’re patient. The first week is mostly flat or blown out, with only a few fleeting moments that barely qualify as surfable.

We’ve got a massive south swell blowing through late August, but it’s useless for paddling. On Friday the 28th, the wind is howling from the north at 25 mph, and the swell is a messy 8 ft cross-on shore. The wave energy is 825, which is huge, but the conditions are poor. For a point break like Inner Cut, that north wind is a killer. Honestly, that setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The first real chance to get wet isn’t until Saturday the 29th morning. Overnight the wind goes glassy from the southwest, and the swell settles to 3 ft from the north with a 8-second period. The energy is moderate at 113. It’s small, but it’s clean. That’s about as good as it gets for the first week. The crowds are only sometimes a problem here, so you might have it to yourself.

The real stand-out, and the only one I’m calling a highlight, arrives on Wednesday the 9th of September. We’ve got a clean 5 ft northwest swell rolling in by the afternoon. The period is 6 seconds, so it’s short-period wind swell, but the wind is glassy from the northeast. The energy is 204, which is a solid moderate pulse. It’s surfable, clean, and the biggest cleaner swell we’ve seen by far. The early morning on the 9th is also glassy, with a 4 ft swell from the northwest, but the afternoon is the pick. That’s the one to circle.

The rest of the second week is a lot of small, cross-off or onshore days with hardly any energy. Thursday the 10th has a 5 ft swell from the north-northwest, but it’s cross-shore and messy, with a light chop. It’s not worth the paddle.

So, the long story short: the first week is a write-off except for a brief, clean Saturday morning. The second week builds to a single, true glassy Wednesday afternoon on the 9th of September. That’s your best bet. It’s a long way out, so treat it as promising but not locked in, but it’s got the best combo of size and wind.

Rusty.

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