Blackies (Newport) Surf Report & Forecast
Mellow longboard peak by the pier.
Current conditions
shorebreak only
Very Poor
Modelled on real 10-foot bathymetry. These figures cover size, shape and wind. Whether the wave is makeable comes from the simulation.
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 12s from the SSW
- Wind
- 5 mph WSW onshore
- Tide
- 5.7 ft
- Break depth
- 0 ft
- Power
- 1 kW/m
- Water
- 75°F · trunks
Updated Aug 25, 6:42 PM PDT · 2 swell trains · how this is calculated
How Blackies (Newport) is breaking right now
Solved in your browser from this spot’s seafloor and current swell
What the seafloor does to this wave
A cut straight out from Blackies (Newport), solved on the real seafloor at this hour’s swell and tide.
Why Blackies (Newport) looks like this right now
The numbers above, and what each one is actually doing to the wave.
Two swells at once
0.7 ft at 12s from the SSW carrying 46% of the energy, plus 0.7 ft at 5s from the WSW (54%).
The long-period train is the one building your wave. It holds the most energy and reaches deepest. The shorter ones cross it, which is what makes the surface look busy and the takeoff shift around. Why period matters more than height →
The seafloor focuses it
Kr 1.10 · 33% of modelled rays break.
Contours underneath are bending wave energy together into a band. That concentration is the peak, and it's why this spot can be noticeably bigger than its neighbours on the same swell. Why two breaks a mile apart differ →
The tide has drowned the bank
5.7 ft of tide over it.
There's now too much water above the bank for the swell to trip on it, so the waves roll straight over unbroken and only the shorebreak works. This is the case a size-only rating cannot see. the swell is still out there, the spot just isn't using it. How the tide moves the break →
Barely any wind
5 mph from the WSW, against a shoreline facing 215°.
Too light to shape the face either way. At this speed the wave's own texture wins, whatever the direction.
Blackies (Newport) surf forecast, next 6 days
Holding — 0–2.4 ft, no notable swell in the window
| Day | Surf | Best window | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 ft | 6am to 7amFair-Good | 1.0 ft at 12s SSW | 3 mph cross-shore | Low -0.5 ft 3amHigh 4.1 ft 9amLow 1.8 ft 2pmHigh 5.8 ft 8pm | |
| 1-2 ft | 6am to 7amFair-Good | 1.1 ft at 10s SSW | 3 mph cross-shore | Low -0.5 ft 3amHigh 4.4 ft 10amLow 1.5 ft 3pmHigh 5.8 ft 9pm | |
| 1-2 ft | 6am to 7amFair-Good | 1.2 ft at 9s SSW | 3 mph cross-shore | Low -0.4 ft 4amHigh 4.6 ft 10amLow 1.2 ft 3pmHigh 5.6 ft 10pm | |
| 1-2 ft | 8am to 5pmFair | 1.7 ft at 6s WSW | 5 mph cross-shore | Low -0.1 ft 4amHigh 4.9 ft 10amLow 1.0 ft 4pmHigh 5.2 ft 10pm | |
| 1-2 ft | 8am to 11amFair | 1.9 ft at 7s WSW | 7 mph cross-shore | Low 0.3 ft 4amHigh 5.1 ft 11amLow 0.8 ft 5pmHigh 4.6 ft 11pm | |
| 1-2 ft | 8amFair | 1.6 ft at 6s WSW | 5 mph cross-shore | Low 0.7 ft 5amHigh 5.3 ft 11amLow 0.8 ft 6pm |
Daylight hours only. The best window is the run of hours the model rates highest that day.
How Blackies (Newport) works
The soft, shouldery peak just north of Newport pier, named for the bar across the street — a longboard institution and the gentlest wave on the peninsula.
- Bottom
- sand by the Newport pier
- Best tide
- mid to high
- Best swell
- S–SW
- Suits
- beginner-intermediate
Common questions about Blackies (Newport)
- What is the best tide for Blackies (Newport)?
- Blackies (Newport) works best on mid to high tide. Tide matters because depth is what trips a wave: as the water fills in, the break slides shoreward onto a different part of the bottom, and over a shallow bank enough water stops it breaking at all. Our forecast solves each hour at that hour's real water level rather than assuming one.
- What swell direction is best for Blackies (Newport)?
- S–SW suits Blackies (Newport) best. The direction that matters is the one at the break, not the one on the buoy: the seafloor bends swell on its way in, so a spot can work on an angle the open coast is missing. We model that bending for each break rather than reporting the offshore direction.
- Is Blackies (Newport) good for beginners?
- Blackies (Newport) suits beginner-intermediate surfers, over sand by the Newport pier. That is the wave this bottom makes on an average day, and it moves: the same break is a different proposition on a bigger swell or a different tide, so read the day's forecast rather than the label.
- What is the bottom like at Blackies (Newport)?
- sand by the Newport pier. It is the reason this break behaves the way it does: the shape of the seabed decides where the swell focuses, where it trips, and whether it spills or pitches. We model Blackies (Newport) on real 10-foot bathymetry instead of treating the seafloor as a slope.
Nearby breaks
- Newport Beach (56th Street) surf report · 3-4 ft
- Huntington Beach Pier surf report · 3-4 ft
- Bolsa Chica surf report · 3 ft
- Brooks Street (Laguna) surf report · 3 ft
- Seal Beach Pier surf report · 2 ft