Atlantic Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. We’ve got a 16-day window for Atlantic Beach, and I’ll be honest with you – it’s a tough stretch. The first few days are pretty bleak, with a lot of small, weak swell and messy wind.

The opening run from Friday the 24th of July right through to the end of the month is mostly a write-off. The swell is tiny, just 2ft to 3ft, and almost all of it comes in with cross-onshore or onshore wind. The combined energy is weak, sitting below 100 (72, 69, etc.), which is barely enough to keep a log wet. You’ll be fighting chop and wind ripples more than riding waves. There’s a little window on Saturday afternoon the 25th with a clean offshore breeze from the NNW, but the swell is only 2ft – it’s surfable, but you’ll be scratching for anything.

We hit a bit of a lull from late July into early August, with a few days of very ordinary surf. The 31st of July (Friday morning) sees a clean offshore wind from the north, but again, we’re only looking at 3ft swell. It's clean, but small. The morning of the 1st of August is similar, with 2ft and clean conditions.

Now, the one standout in this whole forecast is the morning of Monday the 3rd of August. Let me tell you, that’s the one to set your alarm for. The swell bumps up to 4ft from the south, but the magic is the wind. It’s glassy – dead flat calm – with a slight air. That’s going to make the surface as clean as a mirror. The combined energy jumps to 160 (moderate), so there’s some actual push in the water. The period is 7 seconds, so it’s a short-period wind swell, but with those conditions, it’s your best chance at a decent session. It’s not huge, but it’s rideable and clean. Just keep in mind, Atlantic Beach is an exposed beach, so it’s prone to closing out on a S swell, but with the glass, you’ll get some fun ones.

After that, the second week fades back into the same old story. The 7th of August (Friday morning) shows a bigger pulse of 5ft from the SSW, with a combined energy of 266 (moderate), but the wind is light cross-onshore and the period is short at 6 seconds. It’s a bit of a tease – more size, but messy. After that, it drops right back down.

Overall, don’t get your hopes up too high for this 16-day run. There’s a lot of flat, choppy, or blown-out days. The one real bright spot is that Monday morning, the 3rd of August. Get out there early if you can.

Rusty.

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