Inchydoney Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Ah, right then. Let's have a look at this one. I've been staring at the charts for Inchydoney, and I gotta be straight with you – it's a tough stretch ahead. This is one of those periods where you might be better off cleaning the wax off your board or taking up a new hobby, because the surf gods aren't exactly smiling on us here.

Right from the get-go, this Tuesday, July 7th, it's tiny. We're talking knee-high dribble at best, with a weak 0.7ft SSW swell. The water temp is sitting at 59°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year, nothing to write home about. The energy in the water is practically non-existent, with a reading of just 30. It's just not happening.

The whole first week is a write-off. The swell stays below 1ft all the way through to the morning of Saturday, July 12th. The winds do go clean or glassy at times, like that Tuesday morning with the glassy conditions, but there's simply no swell to work with. It's a frustrating pattern.

Now, things get *a little* more interesting late in the second week, but don't get your hopes up. The swell finally shows a pulse of energy, but it's a long-period SSW groundswell. On Sunday afternoon, July 13th, the combined energy hits 103 (moderate), but the swell height is still only 0.7ft and the period is a whopping 21 seconds. That's super long period groundswell, which is prone to breaking too straight at a river mouth like Inchydoney. It might push through as a weird, straight peak, but it's not what you'd call user-friendly. The winds that afternoon are a cross-off from the ENE, so it'll be clean, but the swell just isn't there in any meaningful size.

The only flicker of something almost decent comes on Monday, July 14th. The morning shows 1ft SSW swell with a combined energy of 144, but the wind is a fresh cross-shore from the East at 19 mph, putting a nasty chop on it. That's more of a kite-surfing setup than a paddler's wave, to be honest. The afternoon is similar, just a bit weaker.

Looking further out, into the week starting July 20th and 21st, the pattern just repeats itself: tiny swell and messy or onshore winds. Tuesday, July 22nd, does start with a glassy morning and a 0.7ft SSW swell, but after all this waiting, we're back to square one.

So, the honest truth is this: there are no standouts. Not a single session in this 16-day window is worth chasing. The best you can hope for is a cleaner version of the non-existent waves. It's a long dry spell, and for an area that's typically inconsistent, this kind of blank run is more the norm than the exception. Keep an eye on the charts, because it tends not to stay this poor forever, but for now, stay dry.

Rusty

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