Flagler Avenue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at the local surf scene for the next couple of weeks.

Well, I gotta be straight with you – it's a pretty grim outlook for the New Smyrna Beach area. We're looking at a long, dry spell with hardly anything to get excited about. The whole 16-day window is basically a bust, with no real standouts to recommend. The swell is tiny, the wind is mostly junk, and every single reading is calling it "poor surf conditions." It's one of those stretches where you're better off finding something else to do.

The first few days are especially flat. Wednesday morning, August 5th, you've got 2ft of east swell at 8 seconds, but it's tiny and weak with only 29 combined energy. The water is sitting at 83°, which is about average for this time of year, but that's about the only good news. The wind is glassy in the morning, but the swell is just too small to do anything with. By afternoon, a cross-onshore breeze kicks up and it's over.

This pattern of small, weak swell and poor winds just keeps rolling through the whole first week. We see a little bump in combined energy on Friday the 7th, hitting 112, but that's still a tiny 3ft of east swell at 7 seconds, blown out by a moderate cross-onshore breeze. Saturday the 8th is similar, with 3ft at 8 seconds and cross-shore winds. It's not surfable, it's just a choppy, messy lake.

The following week doesn't offer any relief. The swell stays under 3ft, the periods are short, and the wind is either cross or onshore. There's a few moments of glassy conditions – like the morning of Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 12th – but the swell is so small it's not even worth mentioning. The combined energy values are stuck in the teens and twenties. There's just no push.

Further out, around Sunday the 16th, we finally see a bit of offshore wind (SW at 3 mph) and the swell is a tiny 1ft from the ESE. But it's still "poor surf conditions." This is about as close as we get to a "maybe" in the entire forecast, but honestly, it's weak.

Given the lack of any decent swell and the persistent onshore/cross-shore winds, this setup looks far more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The wind is consistent, even if the waves are not.

So, there you have it. A blank run. It happens. Forecasts can change, and this area tends not to stay this flat forever, but for now, keep your board in the car and hope for something better down the line.

Rusty.

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