Fenway Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey everyone, Rusty here. Let’s be honest, looking at the next couple of weeks for Fenway Beach, it’s a pretty grim start. We’ve got a solid run of weak, short-period windswell and messy onshore or cross-shore winds that just aren’t giving us anything rideable. The water’s feeling a bit colder than usual for this time of year, sitting at about 65°F – that anomaly of -2°F is a noticeable chill.

Thursday 2nd through Sunday 5th July are a total write-off. Tiny swell, poor conditions, and those cross-onshore breezes are just chopping everything up. The combined swell energy is barely registering, hitting a max of just 87 (weak) on Saturday afternoon. Not worth paddling out for. Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th stay in the same sad rut, with a slight shift to a longer period (10 seconds) on Monday but still only 1.0ft of swell. That’s a flat spell.

Things finally start to look a little better on Wednesday 8th July. The swell picks up to 5ft from the SSE with a period of 7 seconds, and the early morning wind goes light cross-off. The combined energy bumps up to 192 (moderate). Still, the conditions are described as “very ordinary,” so it’s not something to get truly excited about. Wednesday afternoon actually goes glassy with 4ft of swell, which is clean, but the wave quality is still just average. We have another few days of choppy, poor surf after that.

Then we get to the standout. Saturday 11th July is the real talk of the period. Saturday morning brings a solid 8ft swell from the SSW with a 9-second period and light, clean cross-offshore winds from the west. The combined energy is a serious 1696 (very strong). That’s proper grunt. This is one for experienced surfers only – it’s way too big for beginners. The afternoon eases a bit to 6ft from the S with a 10-second period and light offshore NNW winds at just 3 mph. Clean, powerful, and definitely the best the window has to offer. Crowds are possible here, so you might want to be early.

Sunday 12th July morning is glassy again with a much smaller 3ft swell, and then we’re back into a run of onshore junk all the way through to the 17th. The swell sticks around at 2-6ft from the S for the second week, but the wind is almost always cross-onshore or onshore, blowing it out. The combined energy on Tuesday 14th afternoon hits 242 (moderate) with 6ft of swell, but the moderate cross-onshore makes it a messy, choppy affair.

So to wrap it up: this is a two-week forecast with a big, empty hole at the start. The only true light in the tunnel is Saturday 11th July. That morning session at Fenway Beach looks like the one to circle. The rest is mostly a waiting game.

Rusty.

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