The Wedge Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright crew, Rusty here. Let’s break down the surf ahead.

The one to circle on the calendar is Sunday morning, September 6th, at The Wedge. We’ve got a solid 5ft south-southwest groundswell running on a long 14-second period, and that packs a punch with the combined energy at 1088 – that’s a lot of grunt. The wind is a light offshore out of the north-northwest, so it’s going to be glassy and clean. This is an advanced wave and crowds are often, but this is the session. The water is 73°F, which is 6°F warmer than average, so it’s feeling unusually warm for early September.

Sunday afternoon the wind switches to a cross-offshore from the north-northeast, still clean, but the energy drops a notch (982) and the tide might mess with it a bit. Monday the 7th still has good morning action with a 5ft south-southwest swell and a cross-offshore from the west-northwest, energy at 984, but the afternoon gets bumpier.

Tuesday the 8th morning has 4ft swell and a light west-northwest breeze (635 energy), but it’s fading. From Wednesday the 9th onward, the swell drops under 3ft, and the period goes long – 16 seconds – which at The Wedge means the waves can get too straight and the sets are fewer. The wind turns onshore or cross-shore, so the quality goes.

From Thursday the 10th all the way through to the 21st, we’re looking at a long flat spell. Swell runs from 1ft to 3ft, mostly from the south-southwest, with onshore winds out of the south and southeast. Combined energy is all under 500, weak. There are a few mornings on the 16th, 17th, and 21st with a small 2ft to 3ft groundswell and very long periods (16-19 seconds) and light winds, but it’s tiny, inconsistent, and just barely surfable. Not worth chasing unless you’re on a longboard and the tide is right.

So, make the most of that first Sunday. The rest of the window is pretty quiet.

Rusty.

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