Coastguard Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ over the next couple of weeks.

Alright, I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough one. The whole 16-day window is flat as a pancake for Coastguard Beach. We’re lookin’ at a run of poor surf conditions from start to finish, with no standouts to get excited about. The swell is tiny, barely nudging 1.3 ft at best, and for most of the time it’s sitting around 0.7 ft or less. The combined energy of all swells directed here is weak, with values like 66 dropping down to just 1, so there’s no real push in the water.

The first few days, from Friday the 31st of July through the weekend, offer a little 1.3 ft SE swell, but it’s pretty much a non-event. Friday afternoon does go glassy with a calm wind, which is nice, but there’s nothing to ride. Saturday and Sunday the wind picks up, and the swell drops even more. This pattern just keeps going into the next week.

By the 7th of August, there’s a brief flicker of 2.6 ft from the south, but the period is a short 4 seconds, so it’s gonna be weak and bumpy. The wind is cross-off, so it’s clean, but with such tiny, weak waves, it’s not worth paddling out for. The rest of the week is more of the same: tiny swells, mostly cross-off winds, and combined energy in the single digits or low twenties.

The second week, from the 10th of August onward, is even worse. Swell heights drop to 0.3 ft or 0.7 ft, and the energy is minimal. There’s a glassy moment on the morning of the 13th of August, but with only 0.7 ft of swell, you’d be better off stretching on the sand. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing out of the ordinary.

Honestly, this is a stretch where the ocean just isn’t cooperating. Wait for the next swell pulse – forecasts can change, and it won’t stay this poor forever.

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