Higgins Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s happening at Higgins Beach over the next couple of weeks. First thing you need to know: it’s a grim stretch. The Finder is showing zero decent swell windows, and honestly, most of the time the conditions are just plain ugly. We're looking at a solid 16-day run with barely a glimmer of something surfable, so don’t get your hopes up.

Water temp is sitting at 62°F – that’s about a degree and a half colder than normal for this time of year, so you’ll want a decent wetsuit.

The first few days? Forget it. Sunday the 26th into early next week, we’ve got weak little 3ft SE windswell with a short 7-second period and onshore or cross-onshore breezes. The combined energy is barely cracking 100 (92), and the wave comment says it all: poor surf conditions. No scores worth talking about. That pattern drags on through the end of July.

Thursday the 30th sees a bump in combined energy to 155, with a 4ft SE swell, but it’s coming in with 16 mph NE winds and periods of light rain. The morning is cross-shore and choppy; the afternoon cleans up a bit with a cross-off breeze, but still, the wave quality is poor.

Friday the 31st morning is the closest we get to something rideable. The swell ticks up to 4ft from the east, period still short at 7 seconds, but the wind goes cross-off from the NE at 12 mph, bringing clean conditions. The combined energy jumps to 338, which is moderate. That’s the best wave energy of the whole run. Still, the rating is a 1/5, and the guidance says marginal surf or questionable tide. If you’re desperate, that’s your window, but don’t expect much.

After that, we drop right back down. Saturday August 1st into the middle of the month is a write-off – swell drops to 1ft to 2ft, energy in the teens and twenties, wind shifts around but nothing lines up.

Around Thursday August 6th there’s a little flare-up: 4ft swell from the SE in the morning, clean cross-off wind, but the period is a dismal 5 seconds, energy at 84. Surfable but very ordinary. That afternoon the swell bumps to 5ft but the wind goes onshore, killing it again. Then it’s all downhill into the second week – small, short-period junk, onshore wind, and combined energy mostly under 100.

There is no standout day here. No break to get excited about. If you absolutely have to paddle out, Friday July 31st morning is your only real shot, but even then, keep the expectations low. For the rest of the run, you’re better off doing something else. Winds and swell just aren’t cooperating.

Stay patient, check back – forecasts can change. Rusty out.

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