Boscombe Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer.

Honestly, it’s a bit of a tough run for Boscombe Pier (Bournemouth). The whole 16-day window looks pretty grim. There’s nothing on the cards that I’d call a standout – in fact, there’s not a single day where the surf quality is any good. The first surfable recommendation doesn’t even show up until the first day of the forecast, but even then, it’s a write-off. We’re looking at a long stretch of mainly small, weak, and messy conditions.

The first slot, on Sunday the 26th of July, is a washout. We’ve got some small 4 ft to 4 ft swell coming from the WSW, but the period is a short, weak 5 to 6 seconds. The combined swell energy is weak, sitting at just 77 in the morning and 98 in the afternoon. The wind is a cross-off from the WNW, but it’s a moderate to fresh breeze – 15 to 22 mph – so it’s not clean enough to make anything of the poor surf. The whole week that follows is a bust. Heights barely reach 4 ft, periods are short, and the wind is almost always onshore or cross-onshore, keeping the surface lumpy and choppy. There’s nothing to get excited about.

Moving into the first week of August, it’s more of the same. The swell is tiny, often under 2 ft, and the energy is pathetic. We see a bit of a bump on the 4th of August, with 4 ft of swell from the WSW, but the wind is howling at 31 mph from the SW – that’s near gale force, cross-onshore, and completely blown out. Not for surfing. The combined energy is only 68, which is weak. The pattern continues through the second week. Even the 10th of August shows a 3 ft cross-shore wind from the east, but the period is only 5 seconds and the energy is 65. It’s still poor.

There’s no standout session here. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, but that’s cold comfort. The breaks are inconsistent, and when there is a little bump, the conditions are just not worth paddling out for. For a beginner, the small swell is safe, but the onshore winds will make it a sloppy, frustrating session. The combination of weak, short-period swell and persistent wrong-direction wind means this is a long, blank run. It’s a normal pattern for this area – the forecasts can change, but right now, I’d leave the board in the van.

Rusty

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