Hamptons Surf Report: Friday, August 5, 2016

The Lutha Report for Hamptons Surf:
Ankle to shin to knee high, ESE background swell, with occasional waist high lumps rolling through ever so rarely, at select breaks on the right tide… Semi-glassy conditions this a.m. will give way to onshore chop this afternoon. So get out there on your log ASAP…

Wind Forecast:
SSW-S winds 5-15 KT.

Water Temp: 69° – 73°
Wear a short-sleeve full, a spring-suit, a wetsuit top, or a rash guard and boardies depending on your constitution.

Montauk Point (Ocean) Tides:
LOW: 3:42 a.m. • HIGH: 10:23 a.m. • LOW: 3:45 p.m.

Next Chance For Surf:
SW wind-swell Saturday, maybe a nice clean dawn patrol early a.m. Sunday, NW flatness Sunday p.m., SW wind-swell Monday, light winds and remnant SW mush Tuesday…

Happy surfing!

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Artist and surfer Lutha Leahy-Miller has more than 20 years of experience riding Hamptons waves. He was formerly rated No. 3 in the Eastern Surfing Association for New York State and all of the Northeastern United States. To see Lutha’s art or to book a surf lesson, visit lutha.net.