Liencres Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here, and I’ve got the skinny on the next couple of weeks at Liencres. Gotta be straight with you – it’s a bit of a tough stretch. The forecast is looking pretty flat and messy for a long while, with a lot of small, weak swells and onshore winds messing things up. The first real glimmer of something surfable doesn’t show up until Thursday the 23rd, and even then it’s ordinary. Let’s break it down.

We’re starting off with a real dud. From Thursday the 16th right through to Wednesday the 22nd, it’s pretty much a write-off. Tiny swell, mostly under 2ft, with a short period of 5 seconds, and the wind is either onshore or cross-onshore, chopping up the surface. The combined wave energy is pitiful, barely cracking 20 (21) on the 16th. It’s the kind of surf that’ll have you staring at the ocean from the car park. There’s a glassy moment on the morning of Sunday the 19th, but the swell is just 2ft – you’d be bobbing around with no push.

The first faint pulse of life comes on Monday the 20th. The swell bumps up to 4ft from the NNE, with a period of 7 seconds and a combined energy of 192. That’s moderate energy, but it’s still showing as “poor surf conditions” with a light onshore wind. Not a standout, but it’s a hint that things might be trying to happen.

Now, Thursday the 23rd morning is the first moment I’d actually consider wetting a line. The winds go glassy, the swell is 3ft from the NNE with a 6-second period (64 energy). The report calls it “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” It’s not going to be a classic, but if you’re desperate, that’s your window. The afternoon of that same day gets messy again.

Then we get another dry spell. Friday the 24th through to Tuesday the 27th is mostly poor, with small, weak swell and onshore winds. The morning of Thursday the 29th is where things get a bit more interesting. The swell builds to 5ft from the NW, with a period of 9 seconds and a combined energy of 302. That’s a moderate-to-strong pulse of energy, but it’s marked as “marginal surf forecast or questionable tide conditions” and the wind is light onshore. This is the best the forecast has to offer, but it’s still a gamble. That swell direction from the NW is right in Liencres’s optimum, so if the wind plays nice, you could score a few. But it’s a long way out, so take it with a grain of salt.

The rest of the forecast into early August fades again, with smaller swell and choppy cross-onshore winds.

So, what’s the call? The standout, if you can call it that, is the morning of Thursday the 23rd for the glassy conditions and a tiny, clean wave. The better swell, but riskier bet, is Thursday the 29th, with that 5ft NW groundswell. If you’re a beginner, the 3ft on the 23rd is fine, but the 5ft on the 29th will be pushing it.

Just keep an eye on the wind, because the energy is there, but the conditions are touch-and-go. This is a spot where a blank run like this is not unusual, but the forecasts can change.

Rusty out.

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