Three Peaks Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let’s look at what’s on offer around the Three Peaks area.

To be straight with you, this is a tough run. Over the next 16 days, we’ve got nothing that scores high enough to call a proper standout session. The water is unusually warm right now, sitting at 67°F which is a massive 6°F above average for this time of year – feels more like a late summer bath than the start of a swell season.

The pattern starts flat and messy. Tuesday the 25th through Thursday the 27th sees barely a ripple, with tiny 0.7ft to 1ft swells, mostly cross-off or cross winds, and a combined energy that’s barely making a whisper (19 to 39). Not worth wetting a wetsuit for.

Things get a little more interesting from Friday the 28th into early September, but the wind is the killer. We get a pulse of waist-to-head-high swell on Friday morning the 28th – 6ft from the southwest with moderate wave energy (214) – but it’s blown out with 16 mph onshore winds. That pattern holds through the weekend: Saturday the 29th has 5ft to 7ft of SW swell, but with fresh to strong onshore breeze. Sunday the 30th doesn’t do us any favours either: 5ft of WSW groundswell, period 10 seconds, energy up to 434, but cross-onshore winds and a choppy surface.

Into the first week of September, the swell drops back then builds again. On Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th we see some serious size – 10ft to 12ft from the SW – but that’s big, expert-only territory, and the wind is howling onshore. The wave energy is pumping (1811 to 2300), but for paddle surfing it’s a mess. This setup would be more interesting for kite surfing than a log.

There is one brief window that nearly gets there. On Saturday the 5th of September, we have 3ft of WSW groundswell with a 11-second period, combined energy at 157, and a clean cross-off wind from the NNW at 19 mph. It’s small, but with that long-period groundswell and clean conditions, Three Peaks might offer a few lined-up waves for the experienced crew. Not a standout, but a winnable morning if you keep expectations in check.

For beginners, even the smaller days (like the 4ft on Wednesday the 2nd) have onshore wind, so the chop and closeouts won’t be friendly.

If you’re holding out for a miracle, this isn’t the window. These gaps of days with no real recommendation are par for the course here when the wind doesn't play ball. Forecasts can change, but right now it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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