Laguna Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey crew, Rusty here. I've got to level with you: the next couple of weeks are looking flat and pretty lifeless for our coastline. We're staring down a long, quiet run with no real surf to get excited about.

The entire 16-day window is a bust. From now until the end of the month, we're dealing with tiny, weak swell and poor conditions across the board. It's a tough stretch with no solid options on the table.

Looking at the specific break, Laguna Beach (reef) is the only spot on the list, but the news isn't great. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, so at least you won't be freezing while you stare at the flat ocean.

Let's break it down. The first few days of the outlook (July 11-13) see a tiny long-period swell, around 3 ft from the SSW with a period of 13-15 seconds, but it's got weak combined energy (around 276-337). The wind is mostly cross-onshore or onshore, and the wave comment is perpetually "poor surf conditions" with scores of 0 or 1. It's just not happening.

We then roll into a stretch of diminishing returns. From Monday the 14th to Sunday the 20th, the swell drops to 2 ft to 3 ft with combined energy mostly below 327. The wind stays light but cross-onshore, keeping things choppy and messy. The best you can hope for is "marginal surf forecast or questionable tide" on a couple of afternoons (July 18 and 21-22), but even then, the swell is tiny and inconsistent. The SSW direction is cross to slightly onshore for Laguna Beach, which likes a WNW optimum.

For the second week, from July 20th onwards, it's more of the same. We get minor pulses of 3 ft to the 22nd, but the energy is still weak, and the onshore flow kills any chance of a clean wave. By the 24th and 25th, the energy is dropping into double digits (43 to 147), with periods bottoming out at 7 seconds on the 25th. The outlook ends on July 26th with a 2 ft swell and onshore wind.

Honestly, this is a fully blank run. For an area that can be fairly consistent, this kind of 16-day dead spell is a real bummer. The setup is a beach-and-reef mix and with small, weak, onshore slop, it looks more interesting for a kite surfer to get out and plane around than for any self-respecting surfer.

Keep the board in the car for a few weeks, boys and girls. Hopefully, the forecasts will change down the track.

Rusty.

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