Lecount Hollow Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, I’ll level with you. The next 16 days at Lecount Hollow, it’s a tough stretch. The forecast is pretty grim for a solid week, and then we get a little whisper of something rideable right at the end, but it’s nothing to write home about.

Look, the first recommendation doesn’t pop up until the morning of Friday, 17 July. That’s a solid nine-day gap from the start with nothing worth paddling for. The early part of the month is hammered by onshore winds and heavy rain. Tuesday morning the 7th sees 4ft of short-period, 6-second ESE windswell, but it’s blown out by a fresh breeze and heavy rain – total dud. The combined swell energy is a weak 93, so there’s just no power behind it. It gets worse in the afternoon with a 6ft E swell, 28 mph winds, and a 243 reading – still poor. That’s just messy.

Wednesday the 8th offers a 5ft E swell, 8-second period, but the wind is cross-on and the combined energy climbs to 388 – still considered poor. We get a bit of a break on Thursday the 9th with clean, cross-off winds, but the swell drops to 3ft and the energy falls to 107. It’s clean, but it’s small and weak. Friday the 10th brings a glassy offshore wind in the morning, but the swell is a pathetic 2ft, energy of 35. It’s too clean for its own good – you’d be bobbing around. The whole weekend is a write-off with lumpy chop and tiny, short-period waves.

That first possible wave on Friday the 17th is just a 3ft E swell with a 7-second period and a combined energy of 92. The wind is gentle offshore in the morning, making for clean conditions, but the swell is weak and the period is short. It’s surfable, but only just. It’s very ordinary. The next day, Saturday the 18th, is even smaller at 2ft, though it’s glassy clean in the morning. Even Sunday the 19th is the same story – small, clean, but not enough push.

The optimum swell direction for Lecount Hollow is NE, but we don’t see that at all. We’re stuck with this small, weak E and SSE slop. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual to report.

Honestly, there’s no standout here. The only real recommendation is to wait for the 17th or 18th for a chance at a clean, knee-high wave. It’s not a blank run that’s unusual for this area – sometimes it just goes flat and blown out for a while. The forecasts can change, but right now, keep your board waxed and your expectations low.

Rusty.

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