Trestles (Lowers) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what the next couple of weeks are serving up for us at Trestles.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you: the first week or so is a bit of a snoozer. We’re looking at a long stretch of small, weak surf from Monday the 17th of August through to at least the morning of Friday the 28th. The combined energy is pretty limp, mostly sitting in the 200 to 400 range (weak to moderate energy) with a few spikes just over 500. The swell is coming from the SSW, but it’s barely pushing 2 to 3 feet on the tape. The period is short to moderate, mostly 13 to 16 seconds, so we’re not getting any real grunt. The wind is mostly light, but it's either cross-onshore or onshore (SSW to W), so the surface is going to be a bit bumpy or at least not glassy. Honestly, it’s looking like a long stretch of marginal or poor conditions. There’s a bit of a pulse of longer period (18-19 seconds) around the 23rd and 24th, but there’s simply no size to back it up. This is not the week to burn a sick day.

Now, if you can hold out, things start to look much more interesting towards the very end of the month. The real standout window is the weekend of the 29th and 30th of August. We’ve got a proper SSW groundswell filling in. On Saturday the 29th, the swell jumps to a very surfable 4 to 5 feet with a period of 18 seconds – that’s proper long-period energy. The combined energy kicks into a strong range, hitting 1082 in the morning and 1124 in the afternoon (strong wave energy). The wind is forecast to be light and from the SW, which for Trestles is a clean, offshore wind. This is going to set it up beautifully. The wave height is in that sweet spot for advanced guys, and with offshore wind and that long period, the lines are gonna be long and bowly.

Sunday the 30th is going to be a very close second, dropping slightly to about 5 feet in the morning and 4 to 5 feet in the afternoon, but still with that long 16-second period and light offshore SW winds. The energy is still very strong (1009 and 851). If the Saturday is the top of the swell, Sunday will still be firing and potentially less crowded.

So, to sum it up for Trestles (Lowers): don’t expect much for the first 11 days. It’s a gap of mostly poor or marginal conditions. But that last weekend in August, starting Saturday the 29th and into Sunday the 30th, is where it’s at. Light offshore SW winds and a solid, long-period SSW swell in the 4 to 5 foot range will make for prime conditions. That’s the window to clear your schedule.

Rusty.

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