Lecount Hollow Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Lecounts Hollow has cookin’ for us over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – right now, it’s a flat spell. There’s no surf worth paddling out for from the start of the forecast, and it stays that way for a good, long while. You’re lookin’ at a stretch of days with nothing but tiny, weak waves and poor conditions. Honestly, it’s a bit of a desert out there.

Saturday July 4th kicks off with nothing. Swell’s barely a ripple at 0.7ft from the ESE with a period of 9 seconds, and the combined energy is a measly 18. Wind’s a cross-off from the WNW, but there’s just no power. It stays like this through Sunday and Monday – tiny surf, onshore or cross-on winds, and 'poor surf conditions' slathered all over it. The combined wave energy lingers in the weak 12 to 24 range. It’s a total write-off.

Things get a bit more interesting, but not in a good way, on Tuesday July 7th. The swell jumps up to 6ft from the ESE, period a short 6 seconds, and the combined energy hits a moderate 211. Problem is, it’s a fresh cross-onshore breeze from the ESE at 22 mph, making it lumpy and ugly. That’s the kind of size that’s too much for beginners, and with that wind, it’s a messy, blown-out mess. Wednesday the 8th is similar with a 4ft swell and fresh cross-shore winds giving us lumpy cross-chop. Not your day.

We limp through the rest of that week and into the next with tiny, poor-quality surf. The combined energy drops back into weak territory (mostly between 30 and 55). Thursday July 9th and Friday July 10th have clean conditions from a cross-off wind, but the swell is only 2ft or less. You might get a knee-high ankle-snatcher, but it’s not a proper session. Sunday July 12th brings light rain and onshore wind, with the swell dropping back to 1.0ft – again, nothing.

There’s a little flash of hope on Monday July 13th. Morning shows a clean, gentle offshore wind from the WSW and a 2ft swell from the E. It’s tiny, but glassy and clean. Still, it’s not enough to get excited about. The combined energy is only 30. The rest of that week is more of the same – flat and clean, but flat.

Finally, Sunday July 19th rolls in with a long-period groundswell of 13 seconds from the E, but the swell height is only 0.3ft with a pathetic combined energy of 7. The wind is a fresh cross-off from the SW keeping it clean, but you’d be scratching for a ripple. That long period on a beach break like this means it’ll break straight and close out if there was any size, but there isn’t any.

So, the honest truth? There are no standout days. No waves worth paddling for. The whole 16-day window is a bust for surf at Lecounts Hollow. The forecasts can always change, but as it stands, leave the board in the car and go for a swim instead.

Rusty

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