Eastern Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Let me break it down the other way now. Same spot, same story, just in feet and miles per hour.

The first few days are a waste. Wednesday the 29th through Friday the 31st are all cross-onshore winds, with swell around 5 to 6 feet and a short, weak period of 8 to 9 seconds. The combined energy is around 964 (moderate), but it’s just choppy, bumpy, and not worth your time.

Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd of August are worse. NE winds crank up to 22 mph, and while Sunday sees a 8-foot swell with a much longer 12-second period, the cross-onshore wind turns it into a messy, blown-out mess. Combined energy hits 1658 (moderate-strong), but the conditions are terrible.

Monday the 3rd through Wednesday the 5th sees the swell drop to 4 to 4 feet, with energy falling into the weak-to-moderate range (333 to 845). The wind stays cross-onshore. Then on Wednesday afternoon, the wind shifts cross-offshore from the SSW at 6 mph, and it cleans up. Small but rideable.

Thursday the 6th brings a new, longer-period groundswell from the SSW at 15 seconds, but it’s only 4 feet and it’s blowing 22 to 25 mph. It’ll be clean offshore, but that’s a lot of wind for a small, steep groundswell. Energy is moderate-strong (939). Only for the experienced and the stubborn.

The big one is Friday morning, August 7th. A 10-foot SSW groundswell with a 12-second period, and dead calm, glassy conditions. Wind is zero. Combined energy is 4570 (strong). That’s a massive, powerful groundswell with perfect conditions, but 10 feet at this break is too big for most. Experts only. By afternoon it drops to 8 feet with a light cross-off, which is still big but more manageable for strong intermediates.

Saturday the 8th is the sweet spot. Swell drops to 5 feet from the south at 11 seconds, with clean, glassy conditions in the afternoon. Energy is moderate (736). This is the best all-rounder day—fun, clean, and surfable by everyone.

From Sunday the 9th onward, the swell fades and the wind turns messy again. There’s a long-period groundswell (16-17 seconds) around the 13th, but it’s only 2 to 3 feet and the wind is strong, so it’s more of a small, clean background swell for the patient.

Water temp is about 69°F, which is roughly 2°F above average—nothing crazy, just slightly warmer than usual.

So the real gem is Friday the 7th for experts, and Saturday the 8th for a clean, fun session for everyone else. The rest of the window is mostly blown out or too small. Eastern Beach is an exposed sandbar—when the wind is on it, it’s ugly; when it’s glassy, it’s magic.

Rusty

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