Trestles (Lowers) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming down the line for Trestles (Lowers). Gotta be straight with you – the next 16 days are a bit of a mixed bag with a lot of nearly-there conditions. The water is sitting at a warm 75°, which is a good 7° warmer than usual for this time of year. That’s very unusual, almost like a warm bath out there.

The outlook kicks off on Thursday the 13th of August, but it’s a rough start. We’ve got a 3ft SW swell with a long 16-second period, pushing a moderate 463 units of energy. The problem is that onshore wind is killing it; the session is a write-off. We go through a long stretch of frustrating days. Friday the 14th to Monday the 17th offer small, cleaner swell—2ft to 3ft from the SSW—but the wind is always cross-on or onshore, keeping the surface rippled and the quality marginal. The best of that early run is Saturday afternoon the 15th with a 4ft SSW swell, but it’s still cross-on.

From Tuesday the 18th right through to Sunday the 23rd, the surf is pretty much a no-go. The wind stays onshore or cross, and the swell drops to knee-high nothing. The energy level dips to a low of 169 units on the 21st. It’s a blank spell that lasts the better part of a week.

Now, things start to look a bit more promising as we push into the second week. Monday the 24th is still poor, but then Tuesday the 25th of August brings a change. We get a 3ft to 3ft S swell with a 17-second period, and the wind finally goes light and *on*-shore. The energy jumps to 640 units. This is the standout window. The wave looks clean, and the long period should give some nice, lined-up waves for the advanced crew at Lowers, since it’s a reefy point setup. It’s not huge, but it’s clean. Conditions hold through Wednesday the 26th with a slightly bigger 4ft S swell and 693 units of energy. The wind remains light and onshore in the morning, making for some tidy, uncrowded-feeling waves. Keep in mind the swell direction is S, and the optimum for this spot is SW, so it’s a bit of a compromise, but the clean conditions make it worthwhile.

The last couple of days of the window, the 27th and 28th, see the wind shift back to cross-on, and the quality drops again. The 28th has a nice 3ft SW swell with a 18-second period and 763 units of energy, but it’s let down by the wind.

So, the pick of the litter is clear: Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th of August. The swell is small, but the clean, light-wind conditions will give you the best waves you’ll see in this 16-day stretch. The rest of the time, the wind is the enemy.

Rusty.

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