Liencres Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let's have a look at what's on the menu for Liencres over the next couple of weeks. I'll be straight with you, it's a bit of a mixed bag. The water's sitting at a balmy 71°, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year – a real treat.

We kick things off on Sunday, the 5th of July, with a small but clean start. The morning session sees a 2ft NW groundswell hitting the exposed beach. The wind's a gentle cross-off from the ENE at 9 mph, keeping things tidy. The combined energy is weak, only 76, so don't expect much punch. It's surfable, but pretty average.

The pattern stays small through Monday the 6th and Tuesday the 7th. Monday morning has a 2ft swell, but the energy is still low. By Tuesday, the wind swings onshore and the surf drops to a meagre 1ft with a short period. It's a proper flat spell, nothing worth getting wet for.

Wednesday the 8th is even smaller, with swell down to 0.7ft. The only real highlight in this entire first week comes on Thursday the 9th of July. Thursday morning is glassy as anything, with a 1ft WNW swell. The combined energy is still just 41, so it won't be powerful, but if you want a longboard or a foamie and don't mind tiny waves, you'll have the place to yourself. After that, it's back to small, choppy conditions through the 10th, 11th, and 12th.

We get a little bump in size from Monday the 13th onwards, with swell climbing to 3ft and then 3ft, and the energy finally hitting three figures (104-134). But here's the kicker – every single one of those sessions has onshore or cross-onshore wind, making for poor, choppy conditions. The swell period is short too, just 7-8 seconds.

Now, looking at the real action, it's the second week that deserves a mention. There's a standout window on Friday the 17th and Saturday the 18th of July. The swell really kicks in, with 6ft to 6ft of NW swell, and the combined energy surges to 516 and 639 – that's strong wave energy. This is definitely expert territory, over 5ft and pushing 7ft. The trouble is the wind is cross-onshore for every session, which will chop it up. Still, there's plenty of water moving, so if you're a charger, it's worth a look, even if it's messy.

Before that, Wednesday the 15th is worth a mention. The morning is glassy, with a tiny 2ft swell, but the period is a pathetic 6 seconds, so the waves will be weak and bumpy. And on Thursday the 16th, we get a rare offshore wind from the ESE at 6 mph with a 2ft swell. Clean, but tiny.

To be honest, the standout window for clean, quality waves is pretty small. If I had to pick the absolute best on offer, it's Thursday morning, the 9th of July. It's glassy and clean, even if the swell is small. For size, Saturday the 18th has the biggest, most powerful swell, but the onshore wind will ruin the surface. If the wind had been offshore, it would have been epic. This swell is from the NW, which is a good direction for Liencres. Crowds are listed as "often", so expect company.

An important caveat: the long-period swells, like the 11-second one we see on Sunday afternoon the 5th, can break a bit too straight on a beach break like this. They're better suited to a point or reef, but Liencres is a beach break.

Between the 6th and the 8th of July, and again between the 10th and the 12th, there are gaps of several days with nothing worth riding. It's a waiting game.

Rusty.

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