Fenway Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right off the bat, I gotta level with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty bleak. We’ve got a long stretch of poor surf ahead, and honestly, for the first while, there’s not a single session I’d recommend paddling out for. We’re looking at a solid run of small, junky, wind-blown conditions that just aren’t gonna give you anything to work with.

The swell windows are mostly short-period windswell, and the energy is just limp. We start things off Monday with a bit of a pulse – about 8ft from the south, but it’s coming in at a short 8 seconds and the wind is howling onshore. The combined energy is moderate at 771, but it’s messy, and the water’s a bit colder than usual for this time of year, sitting at 69°. That’s about 3° off the norm, so it’s noticeable but not crazy. Don’t get too excited, though – that’s about as good as it gets for a while.

From there, it’s a slow grind downhill. The size drops right off. Tuesday through to the weekend, we’re mostly looking at ankle-to-knee high slop, with periods dropping to 6-7 seconds. Wind’s gonna be a constant problem too, with a bunch of cross-onshore junk. It’s going to be bumpy and lumpy, with very little combo of size and clean conditions. There’s a brief moment Tuesday afternoon where the wind goes straight onshore but it’s only 3ft of weak, short-period stuff. That’s a hard pass.

We finally get a bit of relief around the 11th and into the 13th, with some cleaner conditions as the wind backs off or goes cross-offshore. A couple of mornings will be glassy. But the swell is just tiny – under 3ft. It’s rideable on a longboard, but there’s not much push, and the energy is barely registering. The 14th and 15th give us a little more hope with some light offshore or even glassy mornings, but again, we’re dealing with 2ft to 2ft of swell with short periods. It’s clean, but it’s not surf.

The 16th has a clean, moderate offshore, but the swell is down to 1ft. And the 17th? A tiny 0.7ft with a long 9-second period shows up, but it’s a whisper. The final day, the 18th, sees a slight bump back up to 3ft, but the wind goes straight onshore again and wrecks it.

So, here’s the deal: there is nothing worth getting excited about in this entire 16-day window. If you’re desperate, the glassy mornings mid-period might get you out on a longboard for a splash, but you’re not going to be riding any waves of consequence. This is a dull, flat spell and Fenway Beach is looking pretty sad. Usually, it’s fairly consistent, so this kind of dead run isn’t the norm, and the forecasts can change. But for now, my honest advice is to find something else to do.

Rusty

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