East Runton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right folks, let’s have a look at what’s coming up for East Runton. Straight up, I gotta be honest with you: this 16-day window is looking proper bleak. There’s not a single session in there that I’d call good. The waves are just too small and too messy, and the wind is rarely on your side. It’s a real flat spell for this part of the coast, and when we do get a little bump, the conditions ruin it. Don’t get your hopes up.

We kick off on Monday the 6th of July with tiny 1 ft to 2 ft waves from the north-northwest, a short period of 4 to 5 seconds, and weak energy (5-6). The wind is a fresh 19 mph cross-offshore, which keeps the surface clean but there’s just no power in the water. The whole first week stays poor. Tuesday the 7th has next to nothing in the morning, and a choppy 2 ft northwesterly in the afternoon. Wednesday the 8th and Thursday the 9th see the swell drop further. Thursday morning actually goes glassy – that’s a rare treat for the eyes – but the swell is a pathetic 1 ft from the north-northeast at 7 seconds (15 energy). You’d be floating around waiting for something that never really arrives. That glassy wind is a major positive, but the lack of swell kills it.

Friday the 10th through Sunday the 12th is more of the same: small, short-period slop from the east and northeast, mostly cross-shore or onshore winds at 12-19 mph. The combined energy stays below 26, which is just weak. The true story here is no swell. We do see a slight increase around Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th, with the swell trying to push to 3 ft from the north-northeast, but the wind is a full-on onshore 16-22 mph. The energy climbs to 65-81, which is moderate, but the wind is making a mess of it. It’s unsurfable.

The second week doesn’t get any better. Wednesday the 15th and into the weekend, we’ve got onshore winds and lumpy conditions. On Monday the 20th of July, we see the best-looking swell of the whole period – 3 ft from the north at 7 seconds, energy up to 87 – but it’s accompanied by a fresh 22-25 mph cross-shore wind that will have the surface all lumpy and cross-chopped. Not worth paddling out for. The last day, Tuesday the 21st, fades back to 2 ft and 28 energy with strong onshore winds.

Water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual to report. Honestly, for this stretch, if you’re desperate for a water fix, you’d be better off looking at kite gear with these cross-off breezes early on than paddling for these tiny waves. The whole 16 days is a write-off. Sometimes it’s just like that around here.

Rusty.

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