Lauderdale Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' for Lauderdale Point over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you from the get-go – it's a grim picture for us paddle surfers. We're looking at a solid 16-day run with absolutely nothing to get excited about. Every single reading in the forecast has "poor surf conditions," so don't bother holding your breath for a sneaky good session.

Right now, and for the entire 16-day window, the wave heights are tiny. We're talking mostly 0.7ft to 3ft of swell, and the swell energy is all over the shop. Thursday morning the 30th of July has the most energy at just 71 (weak), and it barely nudges into three-digit territory a few times. The swell direction is hanging around the S to SSE, which is fine for this spot, but the size just isn't there. The water temp is sitting at 52°F, which is about 2°F cooler than usual for this time of year, so it's a little nippy but nothing crazy.

The wind plays around a bit. The Friday afternoon of the 31st of July goes glassy, and there are patches of clean, offshore wind on Thursday the 30th of July morning, and again on Wednesday the 5th of August and Thursday the 6th of August. But look, when you're pairing clean, offshore winds with a 0.7ft or 1.0ft swell, it's still a flat day. That swell period gets up there too – we see 19 and 20 second intervals on the 1st of August and the 14th of August, but a super long-period groundswell on a tiny, sheltered point break with weak energy doesn't do us any favors. It just means the few little waves that do show up will be fat and slow.

The one blip in the whole forecast that at least gets the energy kicking is right at the end. On the 14th of August, the Friday morning shows 3ft of S swell with a strong 25 mph offshore wind from the west, pushing the combined energy to a moderate 580. Then that afternoon, it picks up to 3ft of swell with an even higher energy reading of 736. The wind is fresh offshore, so the face will be smooth. But even then, it's still classified as "poor surf conditions" with a score of zero out of ten. That 22-25 mph offshore is going to make it a real battle just to get out there, and 3ft at a very sheltered point with that much wind is going to be a blown-out mess of a wave. At that point, with these tiny conditions and strong wind, a kite surfer might have a laugh, but for us paddle surfers, it's a hard pass.

So, the long and short of it is: there are no standouts. No surf worth paddling for. Put the board away, go for a skate, and check back in a week. Forecasts change, and it never stays this poor forever, but for now, it's a total blank run.

Rusty.

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