Coney Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, and I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – the next sixteen days at Coney Beach are looking real tough. We’re staring down a long stretch of tiny, weak surf with hardly anything to get the heart pumping. The water is running much warmer than usual for this time of year, sitting at 68°F, with a temperature anomaly of 4°F above normal, which is pretty unusual.

Right off the bat, we’re starting on Friday, July 31st, and it’s grim. The morning brings a tiny 2 ft swell from the west, with a short period of just 5 seconds and a weak combined energy of 14. The cross-off wind from the WNW is there, but the wave comment says it all – poor surf conditions. That afternoon is even worse, dropping to 0.3 ft.

We push through the weekend into early August, and it’s the same story. Saturday the 1st holds a 2 ft swell from the west with a combined energy of 24, and the wind is cross-off, keeping things clean, but the swell is just too small and weak. Sunday the 2nd offers a rare moment of glassy conditions in the afternoon, with the wind going completely calm, but the swell is a pathetic 1 ft combined energy of just 13 – barely a ripple. The wave comment is still ‘poor surf conditions’.

The first week of August rolls on with nothing changing. Monday the 3rd has a 2 ft swell, but the cross-on wind makes it choppy. There’s a brief clean window on Monday afternoon with a 2 ft swell and a bit more energy at 53, but it’s still not enough to break a surfboard. Tuesday the 4th afternoon has the biggest swell of the entire period so far, hitting 3 ft with a period of 7 seconds and a combined energy of 81, but that’s still weak, and the wind is cross-off, keeping it clean. It’s the closest we get to something rideable, but it’s a stretch.

The rest of the first week and into the second week is a total dud. Wednesday the 5th afternoon has a fresh offshore wind from the NW at 19 mph, but the swell is only 2 ft with a weak 28 energy. Thursday the 6th to Monday the 10th are all tiny, with swell heights mostly around 0.7 ft to 1 ft and combined energy values in the single digits or low teens. The wind is often offshore or cross-off, so it’s clean, but there’s just no wave to ride.

There’s a slight flicker on Tuesday the 11th afternoon – a 1 ft swell from the WSW with a period of 9 seconds and a combined energy of 36, with light cross-off wind. Again, clean, but it’s still poor surf. From Wednesday the 12th through to Saturday the 15th, we see a few more 1 ft to 3 ft days, with the 3 ft swell on Friday the 14th morning and afternoon having a combined energy of 73 and 69, but the period is only 7 seconds, and the wind is cross-shore, so it’s messy. The last day, Saturday the 15th, has a morning offshore wind from the NW at 16 mph, with a 2 ft swell from the west, but it’s too little, too late.

Honestly, there’s no standout here. The best on offer is probably the clean, cross-off windows on the afternoons of August 4th and July 31st, but even those are tiny and weak. For beginners, the swell never gets above 3 ft, so it’s not too big, but it’s so small it’s barely surfable. For the experts, there’s nothing to challenge them. With the wind patterns and the tiny swell, this setup might actually be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, but don’t hold me to that.

That’s the reality of it, folks. A blank run like this is more normal for this area – it’s a sheltered spot, and it takes a lot to get it going. Hang tight, check back in a few days, and maybe the forecast will change. Until then, I’m Rusty.

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