Centreville Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the table for Centreville Beach.

Honestly, it’s a pretty grim stretch ahead. The whole 16-day window is looking lean, and there’s hardly a session worth paddling out for. The water is way colder than normal for this time of year, sitting at 52°, which is a real shock to the system for a July – that’s over 4° colder than usual, so you’ll want a thick suit.

The first real chance of anything comes on the morning of Monday the 20th, but it’s not pretty. We’ve got a 6ft swell from the NW, but it’s short-period wind swell at 8 seconds, and the wind is a cross-onshore breeze. It’s choppy and messy, with combined wave energy of 782 – moderate, but not doing us any favours. The afternoon cleans up a little with lighter wind, but still cross-onshore and small. Not a day to get excited about.

Tuesday the 21st morning sees a drop in size to 2ft, but the swell direction swings to the SW and the period jumps to a very long 16 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy, but it’s barely breaking at a beach break. Light offshore wind from the NW though, so it’ll be glassy. The energy is still moderate at 533, but the wave comment says it’s marginal. By afternoon, the wind goes cross-onshore and it’s poor.

The rest of the week is a write-off. Wednesday and Thursday offer tiny 2ft to 3ft swells, sometimes with a long period, but the wind is either onshore or cross-onshore, and the scores are all bottom-tier. It’s just not happening.

The most interesting-looking pulse comes on Friday the 24th afternoon, when a 3ft SW swell hits with a very long 24-second period (combined energy 957). That’s a real groundswell, but it’s tiny and the wind is a moderate cross-onshore from the north. The break is a beach, so that long period will make it straight and hard to catch. It’s a kite-surfing breeze more than a surfing one.

Through the weekend and into the next week, the swell stays in the 3ft to 4ft range, and the period drops from the high teens to the mid-teens, but the wind is relentless – cross-onshore from the north or NNW, moderate to fresh, keeping everything choppy and lumpy. The energy is moderate to strong (up to 1319 on Saturday morning), but without clean wind, it’s all for nothing.

The whole second week is the same story: small, onshore-affected surf. The best you could hope for is a tiny, glassy window on the morning of Saturday the 1st of August with a 2ft SSW swell, light offshore NW wind, and a 14-second period, but the energy is weak at 246. It’s a maybe session for a log.

For the standout, if you had to pick one, it’s the Tuesday the 21st morning. That 2ft SW groundswell with a 16-second period and light offshore wind is the cleanest window we get, even if it’s small. It’s a long-period swell, so at a beach break it’ll be straight, but if you’re patient, you might find a little peak. The rest? Not worth the paddle.

Rusty.

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