Castles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s break down what we’re looking at for the next couple weeks. Gotta be honest, it’s a pretty lean run. The first time you’ll find anything worth paddling out for is about a week from Wednesday, so we’re looking at nearly a week of flat, nasty conditions before anything surfable pops up.

Water temp is about 75°, which is normal for this time of year, nothing strange there.

So, the start of this forecast is a total write-off. From Sunday the 26th through the end of July, it’s all tiny swell, bad wind, and mostly onshore or cross-onshore junk. Scores are flat zero. The swell is tiny, like 2 to 2 feet, and the wind is ruining any chance of a wave. Not even worth getting the board out.

Finally, on Wednesday the 29th, we get a little pulse of life. Castles picks up some 4 to 5 foot swell from the SSE, and the wind goes glassy in the morning and light offshore from the NW in the afternoon. The combined energy is moderate (224 and 196), but for this stretch, that’s the best you’re gonna get. The period is short (7 seconds), so it’s windswell, not real groundswell, but it’ll be clean. The wave report says “surfable but very ordinary,” and I’d agree – it’s the best of a bad lot. That Wednesday is the only day you should really circle on the calendar. The break is a sandbar, fairly exposed to the SE, and it’s fairly consistent, so it should hold some shape. Just know it’s a beginner-friendly spot, so if that swell pushes a little over 5 feet, it might be a bit much for a true beginner. Crowds are “sometimes” an issue, so you might have some company.

After that, Thursday the 30th and Friday the 31st show some swell, but the wind is junk – cross-off from the N, which leaves the surface clean but the wave quality is poor. The combined energy on Friday morning hits 248 (moderate), but with a period of 6 seconds? That’s just bumpy, weak junk. Hard pass.

Then we hit a massive gap. From Saturday the 1st of August all the way through to Monday the 10th, it’s a relentless run of tiny swell (under 3 feet), poor onshore wind, and scores of zero. There’s a tiny blip on Monday the 3rd with a glassy 3 feet from the S (energy 177), but by afternoon the wind swings onshore and kills it. Not worth planning around. The rest is just cross-onshore chop and flatness. Even the combined energy numbers drop down into the weak teens by the 10th, showing just how dead it gets.

Bottom line: There’s only one real window worth your time. For the next 16 days, the swell is small, the wind is mostly bad, and consistency is pretty much zero. Don’t get your hopes up too high. Keep checking back, because forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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