Uchizuma Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your wettie and listen up, Rusty here. I’ve been staring at the charts for Uchizuma for the next couple of weeks. The short version? We’ve got one hell of a stormy, oversized pulse coming down the pipe, and then it fades out into a long, quiet stretch.

The first few days of the run are a waste of time. Swell is building, but it’s all onshore junk and the conditions are marginal at best. We’re looking at a pretty gnarly system pushing through.

The real story is Wednesday, August 5th. That’s when things get huge. The swell direction is from the SE, which is not Uchizuma’s optimum (SE is actually what it wants to see, so that’s good), but it’s going to be way too much juice. The wave energy is off the charts – we’re talking 16068 by the afternoon, man. That’s a serious amount of water moving. This is 14.8ft to 18ft of raw power. The wind is light and cross, but that doesn't matter much when it's that big. This is strictly for the experts, if anyone is even getting out. It will be a washing machine. If you’re not an absolute charger, stay on the beach and watch.

Thursday, August 6th, isn’t any better for the average surfer. The swell peaks overnight and into the morning, hitting 21.3ft to 23ft. The energy reading is over 29000, which is insane. There’s a chance the morning has some clean conditions with a cross-offshore wind, but honestly, this is beyond a surf forecast – it’s a survival forecast.

We ride this massive swell down through the weekend, but it's coming with a bunch of wind and stormy conditions. It's not until the middle of next week that things start to settle. From August 10th, the size drops, but so does the quality. We get into a period of messy, cross-onshore slop. There are a few days of pure chop that aren't worth paddling out for.

The standout, or what's left of it, comes much later. Around Thursday, August 13th, the ocean finally exhales. We get tiny, glassy conditions – 3.6ft of S swell with zero wind. The energy is weak, but the surface will be clean as a whistle. It’s almost a shame that such pristine conditions are going to waste on such small waves. It's a decent time for a beginner to get their first couple of rides, but for the rest of us, it's a longboard and a prayer.

After that, it’s just a slow fade. We get a little pulse of 5.9ft ESE swell on the 17th and 18th with light winds, which could be fun on a high-performance shortboard, but it’s not going to be epic.

The bottom line? The first half of the forecast is a story about too much swell, and the second half is about not enough. There’s one brief window around August 16th and 17th with clean conditions and some rideable waist-to-chest high waves, which is likely the most practical time to get out. The 13th looks pretty, but it’s tiny.

Stay safe out there.

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