Hitherhills Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight up: the next couple of weeks are going to test your patience if you’re hanging for a wave at Hitherhills. Most of the forecast is a write-off, with only one brief window that looks worth paddling out for.

We’re looking at a long, grim stretch from now all the way through to Tuesday the 22nd of July. That’s about two full weeks of tiny, weak, messy conditions. The combined swell energy barely scrapes into triple digits a couple of times, sitting mostly in the doldrums – you’re seeing numbers like 72 (weak) and 54 (weak) day after day. Winds are all over the place but never playing ball, with cross-shore and onshore junk dominating. The odd morning might look glassy or clean, but the swell is just too small and short-period (mostly 5-7 seconds) to give you anything worth paddling for.

The only glimmer in this whole outlook lands on Wednesday the 22nd of July, in the morning. That’s your one standout. The swell pushes up to about 5 ft from the south, period at 7 seconds, and the combined energy jumps to 212 (moderate wave energy). But the real game-changer is the wind: it’s glassy – dead still from the east at 3 mph. That means the water will be like a mirror, and those 5 ft south swells should be clean and lined up. Now, 5 ft is getting a bit solid for beginners, but for anyone with a bit of experience, this is the session to target. The water temperature sits at 69°F, which is pretty much bang on average for the time of year – nothing weird there, just your usual summer water.

After that Wednesday morning window, the wind swings onshore by the afternoon and the quality drops straight back to poor. The rest of the forecast holds nothing else. It’s a long blank run, but Hitherhills is exposed and fairly consistent normally, so this kind of extended quiet period is unusual – forecasts can flip.

Rusty.

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