Galveston Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's talk about what we've got coming up for the Galveston area.

Gotta be straight with you, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and messy. The swell energy is just not there. We're looking at a long stretch with nothing worth paddling out for.

We start off on Tuesday, July 14th with a tiny 1ft swell from the southeast, but the wind is all wrong – cross-off in the morning and cross-on in the afternoon – and the wave energy is weak (22). It's just not happening.

Wednesday the 15th sees a slight bump to 2ft from the south-southeast, and the morning is glassy! That's a killer window for clean conditions. But the swell is still tiny, the period is a short 5 seconds, and the combined energy is still very low (20). It's a session for the longboard, if you can find a ripple. The afternoon gets a bit choppier.

From Thursday the 16th all the way through the end of the month, the pattern is the same. We're stuck under 3ft, mostly from the south or south-southeast, with short, weak periods (4-6 seconds). The winds will be mostly onshore or cross-onshore, keeping the surface bumpy. The combined energy values stay in the low double-digits or triple-digits barely over 100. There are a couple of morning windows, like on Friday, July 24th with glassy conditions and 2ft swell from the south-southwest, and on Saturday, July 25th with a clean 3ft from the south-southwest, but the period is just 4-5 seconds and the energy is still weak (18-39). These are tiny, weak windswells, not the kind that will get your heart pumping.

To be honest, because the swell is so small and weak with onshore winds, the whole setup looks far more interesting for a kite surfer than anyone with a paddle.

So, here's the deal. There isn't a single standout day in this 16-day window. The surf is just too small, too weak, and too often choppy. It's a blank run for Galveston. But don't sweat it, it tends not to stay this poor for long.

Rusty.

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