Crystals Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this is a tough stretch for Crystals. We’ve got a 16-day window ahead, but don’t go getting your hopes up just yet. The whole period is looking pretty grim. There’s a big empty gap right at the start with no real surf to speak of, and it doesn’t get much better from there.

The first hint of anything rideable doesn’t show up until Wednesday morning, July 29th. Even then, it’s a struggle. The swell is a tiny 3 ft out of the southeast, with a short period of 7 seconds. The combined energy is pretty weak at 59 – barely a pulse. The wind is cross-off from the NNW at 6 mph, so the surface should be clean, but the waves are just too ordinary. The forecast gives it a score of 1, which is basically a polite way of saying it’s a waste of time. That’s the only real “option” for the first week.

After that, it’s a total drought. From Wednesday afternoon, July 29th all the way through to the end of the period on Wednesday, August 12th, every single reading is a big fat zero. We’re talking flat spells, onshore junk, and wind chop. The swell heights never get above 4 ft, and even those rare moments come with poor surf conditions and zero scores. The combined swell energy values are all in the teens or low twenties – weak, weak, weak. Winds are mostly cross-onshore or onshore, with a few clean moments of glass or offshore wind, but there’s just no swell to ride.

For a place like Crystals, a blank run like this is more normal than you’d hope. It’s a beach/jetty setup that needs a proper push of energy to work, and we’re just not getting it. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing to write home about.

Honestly, there’s nothing to get excited about. If you’re desperate for a paddle, maybe that Wednesday morning will be a chance to float around and catch a knee-high ripple, but don’t expect a wave. The whole setup looks more interesting for a kite than a surfboard right now.

Rusty.

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