Inchydoney Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's take a good, hard look at what the next two weeks or so have on offer for us at Inchydoney. I gotta be straight with you from the get-go: it's a tough picture. The first week and a half looks like a write-off for any decent surfing.

We start off Monday, 6th July with nothing doing – a tiny 0.7ft SSW swell, cross-on wind, and the combined energy is a weak 28. Honestly, 'poor surf conditions' is an understatement. The next few days, from Tuesday, 7th July through to the end of the following week, are pretty much a flat spell. You'll see some glassy mornings, which are lovely for a paddle, but on the 0.7ft to 1.0ft of swell we've got, you won't be catching a wave. The energy figures are in the low teens or twenties – it's just not there. Even when the wind goes offshore on the 11th and 12th, there's barely enough swell to ruffle the surface.

We hit a bit of a turning point on Monday, 13th July. The swell jumps up to 4ft from the east, and the energy hits a moderate 197, which is a real step up. But here's the catch: that swell is only 6 seconds period – that's pure wind-slop, no power behind it – and it's coming with a strong cross-shore wind. Conditions are going to be choppy and messy, more of a kite-surfing setup than a classic paddle-surf day.

The rest of the second week stays poor for surf. From Tuesday, 14th July through to Sunday, 20th July, we see mostly cross-offshore winds which keep it clean, but the swell never gets above 1ft or 2ft. The energy figures hover between 50 and 80 – weak and uninspiring. The standout window for the whole period seems to be Monday, 20th July morning. We have a glassy, calm wind, the swell is from the southwest at 2ft with a 9-second period, and the energy is a moderate 75. But even then, the guidance says 'poor surf conditions' and it's only 2ft, so it's a long shot.

To sum it up: this is a quiet, frustrating period for Inchydoney. There's no one true standout. That brief spike of energy on the 13th is wasted on poor quality, and the rest is just small, clean but tiny surf. When you see glassy conditions and small swell, it’s a good time for a longboard and low expectations, or to check the forecast again. In conditions like this, a sheltered river mouth like Inchydoney can sometimes pick up a bit of push, but not this time. It's a blank run, plain and simple.

Stay patient, lads. It's not always like this.

Rusty.

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