Constantine Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at what Constantine Bay has in store for us. First up, the water’s sitting at 62°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that’s a nice little bonus if you’re heading out without a full suit.

Honestly, looking at the whole 16-day run, it’s a bit of a flat spell, I’m not gonna lie. We’ve got a real dry patch right from the start. The first half of July is pretty grim for paddling. Tuesday the 7th and Wednesday the 8th are a write-off—tiny, weak swells and that cross-onshore wind just messing things up. You’re looking at combined energy readings barely scraping 81 and 90, which is weak. That’s not surf, that’s a bath.

Things finally start to breathe a little life from Thursday the 9th into the weekend. Thursday morning we get a pulse of 3 ft from the WNW with a 10-second period, and the combined energy climbs to a moderate 126. The wind shifts to a light NNE cross-off, so the surface will be clean. It’s still pretty “ordinary,” as they say—just small and weak—but it’s the best we’ve got for a paddle. Friday the 10th is more of the same: 3 ft from the W, energy at 138, and that same light cross-off breeze. The swell direction is nicely in line with that optimum W direction for the bay, so there’s a bit of shape. Saturday morning the 11th will still have clean-ish 2 ft waves, but by the afternoon the wind turns cross-shore and the period drops to 6 seconds, so it gets messy again.

After that weekend tease, the bottom drops out. From Sunday the 12th all the way through to the 22nd of July, it’s a real wasteland. We’re talking swell heights of 0.3 ft to 2 ft with combined energy for most sessions sitting under 50—that’s basically flat. There’s a couple of mornings with strong offshore winds (fresh 22 mph from the E or ESE on the 13th and 14th), but it’s blowing over a flat ocean, so that’s just a clean, empty lineup. The setup here is a beach and reef, so if we had any real size, that offshore wind would be magic. But we don’t.

So, if I’m being honest, the only window worth a mention is Thursday the 9th through Saturday the 11th. It’s not going to be epic, but there’s a small, clean, long-period W groundswell on offer. The whole rest of the period is a bust. Hold tight, check back later.

Take it easy,
Rusty

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