Lecount Hollow Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey, Rusty here. Let’s be straight – this stretch is basically flat for the next two weeks. Tiny, weak, messy stuff that hardly qualifies as surf.

We get a little bump on Monday August 17th in the morning with a 4ft south-east swell and combined energy at 97, the highest we’ll see. That’s still weak-to-moderate energy, with a fresh 19 mph north-west cross-offshore wind that should keep things reasonably clean. But the period is only 6 seconds – short-period, lumpy, no real push. For a beach-and-reef setup like this, with a cross-off wind and that size, it’s probably more interesting for a kiteboarder than a surfer.

From August 7th all the way through the 16th, the swell is pathetic – 0.7ft to 2ft, periods mostly 4 to 8 seconds, combined energy barely above single digits. Winds flick from light offshore to messy cross-shore, but there’s no wave to ride. It’s a dead stretch of days. Nothing worth paddling for.

The only real standout is the morning of the 17th at Lecounts Hollow. The swell is 4ft from the SE, with that fresh north-west cross-off wind meaning the face could be clean enough for a longboard or funboard. The water temp is 67°F, which is about average for this time of year – nothing unusual, just normal.

After that, the 18th drops back to 1ft and the rest of the window fades into tiny, weak wind-swell with periods up to 10 seconds and combined energy in the teens. On August 22nd Saturday afternoon we see a 0.7ft, 13-second swell from the east, but that’s a long period for a barely-there wave – it’ll be a ghost on the beach, only interesting if it hit a reef or point, which it won’t. Crowds aren’t a problem because there’s nobody out.

Summary: this 16-day window is mostly flat. The best shot you’ve got is the morning of the 17th for a small, maybe tidy session. Everything else is a write-off. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s grim.

– Rusty

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