Frankport Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me break it down for you. This is Rusty.

Well, folks, it’s a bit of a grim stretch ahead for Frankport. We’re looking at a long, long run with hardly anything worth paddling out for. The whole 16-day window is pretty much a write-off, with no good surf recommendations at all. The swell shows up at times, but the wind and conditions just won't play ball. This is one of those blank runs that happens more than we’d like in this spot.

We kick off on Wednesday the 29th of July. There’s a WNW swell around 4ft with a 9-second period, giving the water some moderate energy (247). But it’s a cross-on wind, and the waves are already called poor – choppy and messy. Not worth it.

Thursday the 30th drops off to a smaller 3ft swell. The wind stays cross or cross-on, and the energy dips way down (108). You’d be fighting a cross-chop for tiny, weak waves.

Friday the 31st and Saturday the 1st of August are more of the same – small WNW swell (3ft to 4ft) with moderate energy at best (195), but always choppy and cross-on. The wind is up and it’s just not clean.

Then on Sunday the 2nd, the swell starts to build. We get a 7ft swell from the NNW, but it’s short-period (6 seconds). The energy jumps to 354, but the wind is cross and the surf quality is still poor. It’s lumpy and bumpy.

Monday the 3rd sees a bigger 10ft swell from the NNW, with strong energy (1058), but again, short period (7 seconds) and fresh cross winds. It’s a messy, powerful wall of water, not good for surfing. This kind of setup is more interesting for kite boarding than paddle surfing.

Through the rest of the first week and into the second, the swell stays solid – 8ft to 12ft – with moderate to strong energy (up to 1624) and periods reaching 10 seconds by the 6th of August. But the wind is always cross, often strong, and the forecast keeps saying “poor surf conditions” or “marginal.” Even the bigger swells look lumpy and unrideable.

By the 13th of August, the swell drops back to a tiny 2ft from the WNW, but the period stretches out to 14 seconds. That’s a groundswell, but with no clean wind and hardly any size, it doesn’t matter. The energy is moderate (414), but it's still rated as poor.

So here’s the bottom line: there are no standout days. No clean, glassy conditions. The best you might hope for is a marginal window on the 6th or 7th of August with a 8ft NNW swell and a 10-second period, but you’ll still have cross winds. The water temp is about average for the time of year at 56°.

Keep the board in the car, but don’t rush. It tends not to stay this poor forever.

Rusty.

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