Kimmeridge Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, folks, Rusty here. Lookin' at the charts for Kimmeridge Bay, and I gotta be straight with you – it's a tough stretch. We've got a real flat spell on our hands, with hardly a ripple worth paddlin' for, let alone a proper wave.

Right now, through the rest of July, it's pretty much a write-off. We're talking days and days of tiny, weak energy. The water is a balmy 66° right now, which is much warmer than normal for the time of year – feels more like a summer swim than a surf session. But the swells are just pathetic, with barely any energy to speak of. For example, that Saturday afternoon the 18th, we've got a combined energy of just 2 – that's barely a bump in the bathtub. You'll see the odd bit of ankle-slapper, maybe 0.3ft to 2ft from the east or west, but it's all short-period junk and the wind's never quite right to make anything of it. Late in July, say the 30th, we start to see a pulse of energy come through – the combined swell energy hits 303 on the Thursday afternoon, with a 6ft swell from the SW. That's a proper amount of water moving, but the period is only 6 seconds, which is short and weak, and the wind is a messy cross-shore. It's gonna be lumpy and choppy, not the clean lined-up waves we're after.

Now, for you patient souls, there’s a tiny glimmer on the horizon. The very end of the forecast period, on the morning of Friday the 31st of July, we get the first and only "surfable" call of the whole outlook. The swell is a clean 4ft from the WSW, with a combined energy of 104 – that's moderate wave energy, and crucially, the wind is a light WNW at 3 mph, giving us a cross-offshore breeze. That'll be clean. The period is a weak-ish 6 seconds though, so it'll lack punch. It's not a standout, but it's the only morning in weeks that even gets a nod. After that, it's back to choppy, cross-offshore breezes and onshore junk.

So, the honest truth? The whole 16-day window is a shocker for paddle surfing at Kimmeridge. The only real suggestion is that Friday morning, 31st of July, for a desperate cruise on a clean but weak little wave. It's a reef break here, and when the wind is offshore (N), it can be very consistent, but that north wind just isn't on the cards. The crowds can be heavy here too when it's good, but don't you worry about that right now. For the rest of the time, with the constant cross-shore and onshore wind, the beach setups in the area would be more interesting for kite surfing than trying to paddle out.

Keep an eye on it, but don't hold your breath.

Rusty.

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