Gorleston on Sea Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a seat. Let’s talk about what’s going on at Gorleston-on-Sea.

First thing’s first: the water is sitting at 66° – that’s a solid 5° warmer than what you’d normally expect for this time of year. It’s a real treat and makes the whole deal that much more pleasant.

Right now, we’re looking at a pretty dry spell for any worthwhile waves. There’s barely a ripple out there today with a tiny 0.7ft north swell and a short 6-second period. The combined energy is just a whisper (5). The wind is blowing offshore from the west at 12 mph, so the surface will be clean, but honestly, you’d be hard-pressed to catch anything rideable. There’s not much happening through Sunday morning either, with swell dropping to 0.3ft.

We’ve got a bit of a gap here. Through the middle of next week, things stay marginal. You’ll see tiny pulses of north and south swell popping up every now and then. Monday morning might give you a 1ft north swell with 5-second period (energy at 10) and a cross-offshore wind from the west-northwest at 12 mph – clean but tiny. By Monday afternoon, the wind turns onshore from the east at only 3 mph, making things glassy but the swell is just too weak to get excited about.

Tuesday morning is much the same: a 1ft north swell with light cross-offshore wind. It’s clean, but we’re just waiting on some real energy to show up. Tuesday afternoon and into Wednesday sees the swell nudge up to 2ft from the south and southeast, but the wind goes cross-onshore from the southeast at 9-16 mph – that’ll put a chop on the surface and make it messy. Not worth paddling out for if you ask me.

Towards the end of the week, Thursday morning has a 0.7ft north swell with a longer 9-second period kicking in, and a clean cross-offshore breeze from the north-northwest at 9 mph. The energy is only 8 though – there’s just not enough push. Friday looks the same story: 2ft north swell but with chop from a moderate cross-shore wind.

We roll into the first weekend of August with more of the same – a small 2ft easterly on Saturday morning, but the wind is onshore, so it’s not going to be clean. Sunday, the 2nd, brings a fresh offshore from the west-southwest at 19 mph, but the swell is only 1ft from the north-northwest. It’ll be glassy, but you’ll be floating more than surfing.

The following week offers no real change – mostly tiny swells, onshore or cross-onshore winds, and very weak energy readings. Even by the 8th and 9th of August, when the wind goes offshore again from the west-northwest at 19 mph, the swell sits at a pathetic 1 to 1ft. The period climbs to 7 seconds, so maybe there’s a glimmer of shape, but the energy is still low (15 max).

Honestly, this is one of those stretches where the ocean just isn’t giving us a break. There are no standout sessions for a solid two weeks. The setup would honestly be more interesting for a kite surfer on some of those choppier, windier afternoons than for a regular paddle surfer chasing real waves.

Keep an eye on the charts, though. It tends not to stay this flat forever.

Rusty.

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