Boscombe Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next 16 days at Boscombe Pier are looking like a bit of a flat spell. There's no real quality surf on the cards, so don't expect to be pulling into any barrels. The pattern is for small, weak waves with poor conditions, and there's a big gap of days where you'll be better off cleaning the wax off your board.

Let’s break it down. Starting from Friday the 7th of August, we've got nothing. Absolutely nothing. The swell is a pathetic 0.3 ft from the west, and with a 12 mph onshore wind from the SSW, it's just messy. The water is sitting at 71°, which is a whopping 9° warmer than usual – that’s very unusual, almost like a warm bath. The combined energy is a measly 4 (weak energy), so you're just bobbing around.

The whole weekend of the 8th and 9th is a write-off. Saturday morning sees a 0.3 ft swell with a 6-second period, and a cross-onshore wind. Sunday morning the 9th is cleaner, with a light offshore from the NNW and a 1 ft swell from the ESE, but the period is a shocker at 4 seconds. It's clean but tiny and weak. You’d be better off with a bodyboard.

The week of the 10th to the 14th is a bit of a tease. Tuesday the 11th sees a bump in size to 4 ft from the east, but it's got a 5-second period and a strong 16 mph cross-shore wind. The energy creeps up to 79 (still weak), but it's just a choppy mess. The best of a bad bunch might be Thursday the 13th morning: a light offshore from the NNW, a 1 ft WSW swell with a 9-second period, and clean conditions. The energy is 31 (weak). It's surfable, but not worth getting excited about.

The second week, from the 15th of August onwards, is even more of a struggle. We see a glassy morning on Monday the 17th with a 2 ft swell and a 4-second period, but the energy is only 14. Tuesday the 18th morning has a moderate offshore from the north, with a 2 ft swell from the west. You might get a few knee-high crumbly waves. The only real bump in size comes on Wednesday the 19th, with a 5 ft WSW swell and a 6-second period, giving us moderate energy (135). The morning looks clean with a cross-offshore breeze from the ENE, but it's still a short-period, weak swell for a pier break. For a beginner, 5 ft is a bit much, and for experts, it's not long-period enough to be exciting.

Honestly, there's no standout here. The only time worth even looking at the water is Thursday the 13th morning (clean, 1 ft) or Monday the 17th morning (glassy, 2 ft). For the rest, the wind is onshore, the swell is tiny, or the period is terrible. This is one of those stretches where the forecast can change, but right now, you're better off doing something else. The setup is more interesting for a kite surfer on a windy afternoon than for a paddle surfer.

Stay patient, lads. Rusty.

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