Annascaul Rivermouth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right lads, Rusty here with the lowdown on Annascaul Rivermouth. The next week and a half is a lean stretch for surfers, but there’s one day that stands out.

First few days: clean but tiny. Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd have waves around 1 ft and 1.0 ft from the west, but the energy is weak (35 and 20), so you’re not getting much to ride. The wind is offshore or cross-off, which is nice, but the swell is just not there. That flatness drags on through Friday the 24th and into the weekend. Water feels a touch warmer than normal at 64°F, which is a small bonus.

We hit a real dead stretch, with a gap of several days of nothing worth paddling for. From the 25th through the 28th, the swell drops to 0.3 ft and the wind turns onshore or cross-on, making a mess. Write that whole block off.

There’s a brief pulse on Tuesday the 28th afternoon with the swell bumping up to 6 ft from the west (energy at 466), with a light cross-onshore breeze. Something’s happening, but the quality is poor. Conditions stay messy with onshore wind right through to Thursday the 31st of July. On Friday the 31st, we get proper size – 8 ft from the west-southwest – but the period is short at 10 seconds. The wave energy is massive at 1212, but the cross-onshore wind kills the shape. That one’s for experts only, and not a recommendation.

The standout is Sunday the 2nd of August. The morning offers 8 ft of west-southwest swell with a period of 7 seconds, and the wind goes glassy – dead calm from the southeast. The wave energy is high at 590. The period is short, so the waves might be a little fat, but glassy conditions at this break are a major positive. That morning is your best bet by far. The size puts it well into expert territory, so it’s not for the faint-hearted. The afternoon on Sunday the 2nd is still big but the wind turns onshore, so the morning is the window.

After that, it fades back down through Monday and Tuesday with smaller, wind-affected surf. The long range looks poor, with lumpy onshore winds and fading swell. For kite surfers, the bigger onshore days might look interesting, but for paddle surfing, the only day to circle is the morning of Sunday the 2nd of August. Water temp stays about average after that initial warm patch.

Hang in there. It doesn’t stay this quiet for long in this area, but this is a long stretch. Target that Sunday the 2nd of August morning.

Rusty.

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