Kai's Place • Statistics for August

August: Late Summer Chopping Block

August remains locked in the summer lull. Average swell is 1.4m (4.6ft) with the shortest average period of the year at 9.8s, which puts it squarely in the average, punchy, rideable category rather than long-period and powerful. Swell directions are still SSW/SW/WSW-heavy, with WSW at 30.5% and SW at 30.2% splitting the energy almost evenly, though much of it is shorter-period windswell. Winds are mixed: SE and SSE combine for just over 20% of the wind rose, while NW and WNW still muss things up with a combined 25.7%. Ideal wind is at 23%, tied for the annual low. Water temperature hits its annual maximum of 14.1°C (57.4°F), air temperatures are the warmest of the year at 13.3°C, and precipitation begins to increase at 6.10 mm/day. The lack of size and clean wind means the summer longboarder still rules.