Fenway Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright mate, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for Fenway Beach over the next couple of weeks.

To be straight with you, the outlook is a long, flat stretch. The first few days are a write-off with poor surf conditions and weak, messy energy. Tuesday morning the 14th only has 3ft of short-period SW swell at 5 seconds and combined energy of just 51 – weak, and with a cross-on breeze from the WSW at 16 mph, it’s choppy and not worth paddling out. That afternoon jumps to 5ft but the wind is up to 22 mph, making it lumpy and poor.

Wednesday the 15th is still below par. The morning has 4ft with 7 seconds of period and a cross-shore wind, but it's still a mess. The afternoon drops to 3ft and the energy fades to 68. Thursday and Friday are tiny, with swell dropping to 2ft or less. There’s a brief moment of clean conditions on Friday morning the 17th with a light WNW wind at 3 mph, but the swell is just 2ft at 6 seconds with only 20 combined energy – you’d be waiting forever for a waist-high nothing.

Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th see a bit of a bump. Sunday morning brings 5ft of SSW swell at 6 seconds with 208 energy, but it’s cross-shore and choppy. The afternoon looks better: 6ft, clean, with a cross-off wind from the WNW at 16 mph – that’s the best of the first week, but the period is short and the energy is moderate (232). Still, for a breakwater spot exposed to a SE optimum swell, this SSW direction is off-angle.

Monday the 20th is the only decent window. The morning has 4ft of S swell with a 9-second period – that’s moderate energy (262) and the wind is light cross-off from the WNW at 6 mph. It’s clean and surfable, but the conditions are described as "very ordinary." It’s the best on offer, but don’t expect magic.

After that, the forecast drops off again. The second week sees a pulse of bigger swell around Thursday the 24th and Friday the 25th, with 6ft and 5ft, but the wind is onshore or cross-on, and the period is short (6-8 seconds). The combined energy gets strong (613 on Thursday morning the 24th), but with onshore winds and a SSE swell direction, it’s going to be messy and blown out. Later in the week, from Sunday the 26th to Wednesday the 29th, there’s more SE and S swell in the 3ft to 6ft range, but the wind stays onshore or cross-on, and the conditions are poor. The very last entry on Wednesday morning the 29th has 6ft at 7 seconds with 358 energy, but a fresh onshore breeze of 22 mph from the SSW kills it – that’s more for kite surfing than a clean paddle session.

The water temperature is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual to report.

The standout? If you’re desperate, the Monday morning of the 20th is the only clean-ish window with some size and longer period, but it’s still a “very ordinary” kind of day. Otherwise, the entire 16-day window is pretty grim for Fenway Beach. The gap in any real quality starts now and runs until at least the 20th, with only that one short window. Don’t hold your breath.

Rusty.

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