The Spot Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The Spot’s looking at a pretty frustrating start with a lot of wind-chopped junk before a couple of real standouts later on. There's a big gap of a few days in the middle with not much worth paddling out for.

The first session worth mentioning is Tuesday morning, the 15th. We’re only getting knee-high waves at 2 ft from the SSW, but with that 12-second period it’s got some push for its size. The light breeze out of the SSE keeps it cross-offshore and clean. Combined energy’s moderate at 131. Not going to set the world on fire, but it’s a window.

Thursday the 17th morning is where it starts to get interesting. Clean conditions with a light offshore from the SW, and the swell pushes up to 5 ft from the east at 10 seconds. That’s 648 on the energy scale – moderate to strong. Expect very good surf conditions, and with fairly consistent breaks, this is the first proper highlight. The Spot (beach and reef) handles that ESE direction well. Crowds can be around sometimes, so don’t expect to have it all to yourself.

Now the big one: Saturday the 19th morning. This is the standout of the whole run. Swell hits 8 ft from the ESE, 9-second period, and combined energy is pumping at 1551 – strong. That’s solidly in the expert zone, so it’s going to be powerful. The real magic is the offshore wind from the SW at just 3 mph, practically glassy. That’s an excellent setup for experienced surfers. Keep in mind that period is only 9 seconds, so it’s a shorter-period wind swell and won’t have the long lulls of a groundswell.

After that, the next call is Monday the 21st morning. Clean again with a light S breeze, and 4 ft from the SE at 9 seconds. Combined energy is moderate at 247. Expect good surf, but not as punchy as that Saturday.

Then there’s a quiet spell until we hit another serious standout: Saturday the 26th afternoon. This one is for the hardcore crew. Swell jumps to 10 ft from the SSW with a very long 12-second period, and the energy is enormous at 2391. That’s strong to very strong. The wind is cross-off from the SSE, so it’ll be clean. But 10 ft is only for experts. The SSW direction matches up nicely with The Spot’s optimum from the south.

Then Monday the 28th is another cracker. Morning sees 7 ft from the south at 13 seconds – excellent for experienced surfers. Combined energy is 1568, strong. Offshore wind from the SW at 16 mph keeps it clean. The afternoon holds up too, with 6 ft from the SSW, 16-second period, 2010 energy, and that same moderate offshore wind. That long period (over 15 seconds) means these are groundswell lines – really well shaped, but they might tend to break a bit straight at The Spot since it’s a beach and reef setup. Still, that’s premium stuff.

Tuesday the 29th morning has some leftover 5 ft SSW swell at 14 seconds, but the wind is onshore from the ENE. Combined energy is 862 – moderate – but it’s just not as clean.

The water temp anomaly doesn’t have a specific value in the data, so I’ll skip that.

All in all, the two real standouts are the 19th Saturday morning with that glassy 8 ft and the 26th Saturday afternoon with the huge 10 ft groundswell. Both are expert territory. For the rest, you’re picking through clean but smaller windows.

Rusty.

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