Toes Over Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a good hard look at what the next couple of weeks have in store for us around here.

To be straight up, the immediate outlook is pretty quiet. For the first several days, from Monday the 24th of August right through the end of that month, we’re looking at tiny, gutless surf. The swell is small, the wind is mostly on it or cross-onshore, and the energy just isn't there for a proper wave. It’s a bit of a flat spell to kick things off, and you’d be hard-pressed to find anything worth paddling out for.

The first real glimmer of hope shows up right at the start of September. Tuesday the 1st of September afternoon sees a shift. The wind swings around to a light cross-offshore breeze from the East-Northeast, cleaning things right up at Toes Over. The swell is a modest 2 ft from the South, with a period of 12 seconds – that’s a touch of groundswell energy (200). It’s not going to be huge, but it’ll be clean and rideable.

But the standout, the true gem in this 16-day window, is the Wednesday the 2nd of September morning. Get this: Toes Over is looking at a glassy morning with a whisper of a westerly breeze. The swell bumps up just a touch to 3 ft from the South-Southwest, with 12-second periods (294). It’s small, sure, but it will be perfectly clean and shaped up. For a beach/jetty set-up, that is about as good as small surf gets. For the more experienced crew, it’s a chance to grab a longboard or a fish and enjoy some glassy little runners without a soul around. Unfortunately, the crowds at Toes Over are sometimes an issue, so get there early if you can.

Looking further ahead, the first week of September keeps a similar pulse. The 3rd and 4th have a little more size, with some readings pushing to 3 ft from the South-Southwest, and a moderate energy reading (up to 499 on the afternoon of the 3rd). But the wind shifts onshore again, chewing up the surface. It’s frustrating to watch small swell with a clean face get ruined by the afternoon breeze.

Then, right at the end of the run, we have another promising morning. On Monday the 7th of September, the wind goes glassy again from the West-Northwest. Swell is small at 2 ft, but from the Southwest with a very long period of 21 seconds (368). That’s proper, long-period groundswell. For a point break or reef, this would be epic. At a beach break like Toes Over, it might break a bit straight, but it will still be a beautiful, clean, glassy session on a tiny wave. Water temps will be about average for this time of year.

So, in short: suffer through the small and choppy stuff this week. The real windows are the morning of Wednesday the 2nd of September for a glassy little session, and the morning of Monday the 7th of September for some long-period, glassy groundswell. Beyond that, the long-range stuff for the 8th is blown out by a fresh cross-shore wind. It’s not a classic run, but there are a couple of mornings worth getting out of bed for.

Rusty.

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