Tybee Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's be straight with you. I've had a good look at the charts for the next couple of weeks, and honestly, for Tybee Pier, it's looking like a real bust. The whole 16-day window is a graveyard of flat, wind-battered, or just plain messy conditions. There's nothing on offer that a surfer would get excited about.

We're starting off Monday the 3rd of August and running through a solid stretch of poor surf. The energy is weak, barely registering (combined energy of all swells directed here is 41) with a tiny 3ft swell from the SSW and a short, choppy 4-second period. The wind is a fresh cross-offshore, which is about the only positive, but the waves themselves are just a mess. This pattern of tiny, weak swell and average to poor wind holds through the entire first week and into the second.

There is a substantial gap here. The first glimmer of anything that isn't "poor" doesn't show up until Sunday the 16th of August. The morning of the 16th finally gives us a "surfable" rating, but it's very ordinary. You're looking at a 2ft SSE swell (60 combined energy) with a clean, gentle offshore wind from the NW. That's the best of the bunch, but it's barely a knee-high dribbler. The waves are likely to be weak and slow.

The next day, Monday the 17th, shows a little more energy (129 combined energy) with a 3ft SE swell, but the wind swings onshore, killing any chance of it being decent. The period is still short at 6 seconds, so it's just a messy, blown-out shorebreak.

The water temperature at Tybee Pier is about average for this time of year, so no strange anomalies to report there. Look, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is one of those times where the ocean just isn't cooperating. There's nothing here for a paddle surfer. The whole setup is more interesting for a kite surfer with the consistent onshore winds, but for a wave count, you're better off waiting for the next system.

Rusty.

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