47th Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it. We’ve got a long stretch ahead at 47th Street, and I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – the outlook is pretty grim for the next 16 days. There’s no surf worth paddling out for right now, and it’s going to stay that way for a while.

Starting off immediately, we’ve got a flat spell. Monday morning, the 20th of July, is offering up a tiny 0.3 ft swell from the southeast with a long period of 12 seconds, but combined energy is a weak 6. The water is a warm 77°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that’s a nice bonus for a swim, but not for surfing. The wind is light and onshore, and the wave comment is poor. That’s the story for the rest of the day too – a cross-onshore breeze and nothing to ride.

We slide into Tuesday, the 21st, and there’s a tiny bump. The morning shows a 4 ft swell from the SSE, but the period is a short, weak 6 seconds. The combined energy hits 100, which is just barely moderate, but the report still says poor surf conditions. The wind is a cross-offshore from the SSW, which is a decent direction, but it’s blowing at 12 mph, making it tricky. By afternoon, the swell is 5 ft from the south, period still 6 seconds, energy up to 127, but the wind swings cross-shore and the surface gets a cross-chop. Not worth it.

From Wednesday the 22nd all the way through to the end of the month, the combined energy drops to zero or very low single digits. We’re talking flat, flat, flat. Thursday the 23rd has a glassy morning with 1 ft from the north, but the period is 4 seconds and the energy is only 7. That’s a lake, not a surf break. Friday the 24th has a 2 ft swell from the SE, period 7 seconds, energy 48, but it’s cross-on and weak. This continues day after day – tiny swells, short periods, and onshore winds. The pattern is broken.

We get a slight glimmer on Tuesday the 28th of July. The morning shows a 1 ft swell from the SE with an 8-second period, and the wind is offshore from the WSW at 9 mph. The water is clean, but the energy is only 18. It’s clean but tiny. Not enough to get excited about.

The rest of the forecast is a desert. The combined energy stays in the single digits or zeros. On Sunday the 2nd of August, the wind is glassy in the morning, but there’s no swell at all. Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th of August are the same story – clean conditions but zero waves.

So, the honest truth? There are no standout days here. Not a single one. The best we get is a weak, marginal window on Tuesday the 21st and maybe the offshore morning on the 28th, but even then, the swell is small and weak. The rest is a flat, wind-blown mess. For a beach/jetty break like 47th Street, this is a tough run. Don’t expect to get wet unless you’re just floating. I’ll be watching the forecast, but it doesn’t look good.

Rusty.

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