Lavallette Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk about Lavallette. To be straight with you, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim around here. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and messy surf with hardly anything to get excited about. The water temp is sitting at 74°, which is about normal for this time of year, so at least you won’t need a thick wetsuit.

The whole first week is a write-off. From Monday the 27th through to the end of the weekend on the 1st of August, it’s all poor surf conditions. Swell is tiny, mostly around 1ft to 3ft from the SSE or SE, with periods under 8 seconds – that’s weak, short-period windswell you can barely ride. The combined swell energy is low, mostly in the 40s and 50s (40 to 120), and the wind is almost always cross or cross-onshore, chewing up what little bump there is. There’s a brief moment on Wednesday morning the 29th where the wind goes offshore from the WNW at 6 mph, bringing a clean 3ft SE swell, but it’s still only a 1 out of 10 kind of day – surfable but very ordinary. Same story on Thursday the 30th morning with a light offshore wind, but the swell is only 2ft. Not worth paddling out for.

The gap between anything decent is long. After that Wednesday morning, it’s back to nothing for days. You’re looking at a real dry spell all the way until Monday the 3rd of August.

That Monday morning, the 3rd of August, is the only real standout in the whole 16-day window. We get a clean 4ft SSE swell with a light offshore wind from the NW at 3 mph. The combined swell energy jumps to 184 (moderate), and the swell period is 8 seconds – still short, but enough to push a wave. It’s not a classic day, but it’s the best we’ve got. The break is a beach/jetty setup, fairly consistent, and the optimum swell direction is from the SE, which is close enough to the SSE to work. Crowds are possible on a day like this. That afternoon, the wind goes glassy from the WSW at 3 mph, and the swell drops to 3ft, but the energy is still decent at 136. It’s clean and rideable, but nothing to write home about.

After that, it’s back to the same story. The 4th of August has a bump in energy (198) in the afternoon, but the wind is cross-onshore and the wave comment is poor. The 6th of August morning sees a 5ft SSE swell with 260 energy, but it’s cross-onshore and choppy – that’s more of a kite-surfing setup than paddle surfing, especially for a beach break. The rest of the second week is tiny, weak, and messy, with swell heights barely cracking 1ft to 2ft and energy in the teens and twenties.

Honestly, if you’re desperate for a session, aim for the morning of the 3rd of August. It’s the only time the wind and swell line up even remotely. The rest of it? Save your energy.

Rusty.

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