Windmills Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be real — the next two weeks at Windmills are mostly a bust. We’ve got a long dry spell before anything worth paddling out for shows up. Water temp is running 80°F right now, which is about normal for this time of year, so no surprises there.

From Saturday the 5th through Sunday the 6th, it’s ugly. Rain showers and cross-shore ENE winds at 15–19 mph, with lumpy cross-chop. Swell is around 6 ft but it’s coming from the ENE at 14 seconds — that’s a long-period groundswell, but the wind is killing it. Not your day.

Monday the 7th stays poor — 22 mph cross winds in the morning, though by afternoon it cleans up a little with 16 mph cross-offshore and 6 ft ENE swell. Still only marginal — not worth skipping lunch for.

Now here’s the standout — Tuesday the 8th. Morning is the pick of the whole stretch. Clear skies, gentle offshore SSE wind at 9 mph, and a 6 ft swell from the WSW at 12 seconds. Combined energy is 1283 — that’s strong, solid wave energy. This is clean, powerful reef surf, and for advanced crew it’s gonna be cooking. Afternoon drops to 5 ft but stays clean with SE cross-offshore — still good, just a bit smaller. That’s your day, no doubt.

Then it falls apart again. Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th bring back ENE cross-winds at 16–19 mph, short-period junk at 7–8 seconds, and energy dropping into the low 200s — weak and chopped. Friday the 11th through Sunday the 13th stay poor, with winds shifting but never going offshore, and swell hanging around 3–5 ft but all short-period and cross-shore. Nothing rideable.

Monday the 14th through Wednesday the 16th — that’s the 14th to the 16th — we see 6–6 ft swell but it’s ENE at just 7 seconds, and winds are cross-on or cross. That’s messy, fat, and lumpy. Not for paddling — honestly, this setup looks more interesting for kitesurfing than surfboards.

Thursday the 17th and Friday the 18th stay marginal, with ENE cross-off winds on Friday morning bringing a bit of clean but still short-period 6 ft ENE swell. Then the 19th and 20th close things out with more cross-wind and weak, short-period leftovers.

So bottom line — Tuesday the 8th is the only true standout. Everything else is a write-off or at best a sneaky afternoon session if you’re desperate. Keep your hopes low, and when that Tuesday morning window opens, go get it. This is Rusty, signing off.

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