Delray Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, it’s Rusty here. Let’s get straight into the local surf outlook for the next 16 days. I’ll take you through what’s on offer, break by break.

Alright, let’s be honest with you right off the bat – the outlook for the next 16 days is a flat-out struggle. We’re looking at a long stretch of poor surf conditions with hardly any energy to speak of. The first real recommendation doesn’t pop up until the 23rd of July, and even then it’s a tough sell.

The only spot on the radar for the whole period is Delray Beach. It’s a fairly exposed beach break, and for the first week, it’s just not happening. The swell is tiny, mostly around 0.7ft to 2ft, with short, weak periods of 4 to 8 seconds. The combined energy is laughably low, sitting in the teens and twenties most days – that’s weak energy, no doubt about it. The wind is all over the place, often cross-on or onshore, and there are threats of thunderstorms. There’s a hint of clean conditions on the morning of the 26th, with a light offshore wind from the WSW, but the swell is a pathetic 1ft from the NE. It’s barely surfable.

Moving into the end of July and the start of August, the story doesn’t really change. We get a few mornings with a clean, offshore wind, like on the 30th and 31st, but the swell remains pitiful – 0.7ft or 0.3ft. The energy is in the single digits or low teens. The 31st afternoon sees a weird little spike to 2ft, but it’s from the SSE with a period of just 3 seconds – that’s essentially wind slop, not a groundswell you can do anything with.

The first week of August is more of the same. The 2nd of August has the highest energy we’ll see, hitting 40, which is still weak. The swell is 2ft from the SE with an 8-second period, and the wind is cross-off from the SW. It’s clean, but it’s just not enough to get excited about. After that, it’s back to tiny, weak pulses from the east and southeast.

Honestly, this is a classic blank run for this area. There’s nothing here that qualifies as a standout. If you’re desperate for a paddle, the cleanest windows are on the mornings of the 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st of July, and the 1st and 2nd of August, but you’ll be on a longboard or a foamie, and you’ll be working for every little gutless ripple. The water temperature is sitting at a warm 86°, which is about normal for this time of year, about 1° above average. Not much else to say.

Keep an eye on the forecasts, things can change fast, but for now, this is a pretty tough stretch for surfers.

Rusty.

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