The Wedge Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get straight into it. The next couple of weeks are looking a bit flat and frustrating around here, to be honest. The Wedge is the only spot on the radar, and it’s not doing much for a while.

We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak surf coming up. For the first several days, through the start of next week, it’s looking pretty grim. The swell just isn’t there. You’re looking at knee-to-waist high waves at best, and the wind isn’t doing us any favors either. Expect a lot of onshore and cross-onshore breezes messing with what little texture there is. It’s going to be a lot of groveling and not much else. There might be a small window Friday morning the 31st with a bit of south swell, but it’s marginal and riddled with cross-wind. Not worth getting excited about.

The energy in the water is weak too, with combined swell energy readings mostly in the low to mid 100s, or even under 100 at times. You can feel that lack of push. It’s just not doing anything.

We are looking at a real dry spell until around the middle of next week. It’s not until the 7th of August that we see a pulse of longer-period swell try to fill in, but even then, the height is still tiny, around 2ft, with a long 19-second period. That kind of long-period groundswell doesn’t do much at a place like this with so little size. It might just cause some weird bumps.

The end of the second week, around the 12th and 13th of August, is when things start to get a little more interesting. The energy picks up, with readings in the 300s and even pushing 400 on the 12th afternoon. The size still isn't huge—around 2ft—but it’s better and more consistent. That said, the period drops a bit and the wind is mostly cross-shore. It’s still not going to be a classic. The 15th of August has a slightly better looking morning with 3ft south-southwest swell and lighter winds, but it’s still a far cry from firing.

Honestly, for the next 16 days, there are no true standouts. The best of a bad bunch looks to be the morning of August 15th, with a touch more size and cleaner conditions. Otherwise, it’s a whole lot of small, wind-affected surf. For a wave like The Wedge, which needs a decent southwest groundswell to really work, this is a frustrating period. It’s a fairly exposed, fairly consistent spot, but even consistency doesn’t help when there’s just no power behind it. We’ll have to be patient and wait for a proper pulse.

Rusty

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