Freeport Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again, looking at the same stretch of time. Let's put it in feet and miles per hour.

It's a pretty grim outlook overall. The surf is small and the wind is mostly a problem, so you're looking at a lot of flat, choppy days. The first real chance at anything rideable comes on Wednesday, July 15th, but it's just a one-morning window. Most of the time we're dealing with weak, short-period swell from the south and southeast, with combined wave energy values barely climbing above 50 or 60, which is on the weaker side. It's all windswell and it doesn't have any grunt.

From now through all of July 14th, the call is "poor surf conditions" across the board. The wind is almost always onshore or cross-onshore, and the swell is tiny, mostly under 3 feet. The water temperature at Freeport Pier is about average for the time of year, so you can leave the winter suit at home.

The standout, and really the only window worth talking about, is the morning of Wednesday, July 15th. We get a little bump of 3ft swell from the SSW, with a period of 6 seconds. The wind is light and offshore from the WSW, at just 6 mph, which will make things glassy. The combined wave energy hits 89, which is getting into decent territory. It's not going to be world-class, but with the conditions so poor otherwise, it's the best on offer. The surf will be weak, but clean, and that's gold around here. The afternoons just get chopped out again. The wave is beginner-friendly right now, and with crowds being "sometimes," you might see a few others out that morning.

After the 15th, it's back to the same old story. The swell drops off and the onshore wind returns. It's a long stretch from there to the end of the period, with only small, choppy surf. No real standouts, just a lot of waiting.

Rusty.

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