The Spot Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let's take a look at the long-range forecast for The Spot. It’s a mixed bag of a couple of weeks, and we’re going to have to be patient to find anything worthwhile. This is a beach and reef set-up, intermediate level, and it’s fairly consistent, but the quality just isn't there for a good while. Water temp is 70° Fahrenheit, which is about normal for this time of year, so a spring suit will do the job.

This first week is a real dud. Tuesday and Wednesday, the 18th and 19th, there's some small surf, but it’s junky with a fresh cross-offshore breeze. Not worth your time. There's a pulse on Thursday morning with a 8ft SSW windswell, and the energy is moderate (850), but the period is a short 8 seconds and the call is only marginal. It'll be lumpy. Then the wind switches onshore and it turns into a mess until the 21st.

Saturday the 22nd early is a bit of a tease. There’s a clean, 3ft S swell with a 12-second period, a light WNW cross-off breeze, and moderate energy (314). The call is for good surf. But it’s small. Hold on to your hats for Sunday the 23rd though. A big SSW pulse fills in, with a solid 12ft in the morning on a 13-second period. That's strong, very powerful energy reading at 7584. But that's big. Over 8ft, it's strictly for the experts. The afternoon backs down a touch to 10ft, but the period stretches out to 15 seconds, which is a very long groundswell. Still big and unruly. The call is marginal, and at that size, you're really in for a battle. This is the one to watch if you’re a big-wave specialist. The beach breaks could be closing out, so the reef sections might be the only option.

The start of the following week is a letdown with onshore winds. But then Tuesday the 25th afternoon shows a clean, small SSW pulse at 3ft, with a long 14-second period. The wind is a light SSE cross-off, and the call is “expect very good surf conditions.” Energy is moderate (504). It’ll be small and maybe a bit inconsistent, but if you’ve got a longboard, this could be a fun, clean session.

Then it's back into a poor run of onshore NE winds through the 27th. There’s a small window on Friday the 28th morning with a clean 4ft S swell, 13-second period, light S cross-off, and a “good surf conditions” call. Again, still on the smaller side. The energy is moderate (458). Could be another clean, small day. Then it flatlines. The 29th is almost nothing.

The last day of the month, Sunday the 30th, is interesting. We see the SSW swell building in the afternoon, hitting 8ft with an 8-second period and a light SSE cross-off breeze. The energy is strong at 824, and the call is “expect very good surf conditions.” It’s a short-period swell, so it could be a little crumbly, but the wind is light and offshore. That could be a fun, punchy afternoon. It’s a long way off though, so stay tuned.

After that, it all gets messy again with strong onshore winds and jumpy swells that don’t line up. The first week of September is a write-off.

So, bottom line: a lot of junk to sift through. The standout is that big Sunday morning on the 23rd, and that’s for experts only. For everyone else, the best bets are those clean, smaller windows on the 22nd morning or the 25th afternoon. They won’t be classics, but they’ll be clean and rideable.

Rusty out.

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