Tuckers Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surf’s up... or at least, it’s trying to be. It’s Rusty here, and I’ve got the rundown for Tuckers. To be honest, it’s a bit of a slow burn over the next week and a half. We’ve got a good long stretch of tiny, weak surf but there are a couple of mornings where the stars almost align. Don’t expect any barrels, but there’s a chance for a few clean, grovelly ones if you’re keen.

Right off the bat, it’s pretty flat. Monday and Tuesday are looking at ankle-biters, with swell around 1ft to 2ft and periods mostly under 10 seconds. The energy is weak, with values in the 30s and 40s [35-58]. Winds are light but mostly onshore, so it’s not looking inviting at all. You’d be better off waxing your board and staring at the ocean. The water temp is 84°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you only need a spring suit, if that.

We get a little glimmer of hope starting Thursday the 17th. The swell is still tiny, around 2ft, but the wind goes glassy in the morning and the period stretches out to 12 seconds. That’s a long-period groundswell, and while it’s small, it might have a bit more push than the wind slop we’ve been seeing. The energy reading is 84, still on the low side, but it’s the first day that doesn’t look completely hopeless. This is a point break, so that long period should wrap in okay, but with that size it’ll be a longboard or a fish day.

Friday the 18th is probably your best bet in the first week. We see the swell nudge up to 2ft from the SE, with a 12-second period and a light, cross-offshore breeze from the NNE in the morning. The energy jumps to 106, which is our first moderate reading. It’s still far from pumping, but the conditions are clean and the swell direction is pretty close to that optimum ESE the point likes. It’s going to be small, but it should be the funnest, most surfable it’s been all week. Crowds are possible, so you might have some company out there.

The weekend and early next week stay in that same grovelly range. Saturday the 19th is clean with a cross-offshore breeze, but the swell drops back to 2ft and the period shortens. Sunday the 20th is glassy in the morning but it’s short-period stuff, and the energy stays low in the 60s and 70s [69-80]. It’s surfable, but you’ll be working for every crumb.

Then things get a bit weird. From the 23rd of September, a solid pulse of swell shows up. We’re talking 5ft on Wednesday the 23rd, with a strong energy reading of 503-511. But before you get excited, the wind is howling from the ENE at 22 mph, creating lumpy, cross-shore chaos. It’s a mess. The swell is there, but the surf quality is going to be terrible. For a point break, this cross-shore wind will chop it up and make it nearly unsurfable. This is when the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, honestly. The swell stays around 4ft on the 24th, then backs off, but the wind stays strong. This is all short-period windswell, blowing right in our faces. Not good.

Things finally start to calm down around the 28th. The wind swings around to the west and becomes a clean, cross-offshore breeze, but by then the swell has faded right back to 2ft. The energy is back in the weak range [68-98]. So, what it boils down to is this: the standout session is Friday morning, the 18th. It won’t be big, but it has the best combo of swell, period, and clean offshore wind. Thursday the 17th is also worth a look for the glassy conditions. The bigger swell later in the month is a total write-off due to the wind.

Stay patient, keep the quiver ready for small waves, and maybe get a kite if you’re into that sort of thing.

Rusty out.

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