Liencres Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into what’s happening at Liencres over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you – it’s a rough patch ahead. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with hardly anything worth getting wet for.

Right now, and for the first week and a half, it’s all tiny, weak surf. We’ve got a little NW swell trickling in, but it’s mostly around 1.3 ft to 2 ft, with the combined wave energy stuck in the weak range (28 to 107). The water’s running at 70.3°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s where the good news ends. The wind is mostly cross-on or onshore, keeping things choppy and messy. The Tuesday morning of the 7th is a perfect example – clear skies, but 12 mph cross-on wind ruining the 1.3 ft NW swell.

We roll through Wednesday the 8th, Thursday the 9th, all the way through the weekend and into the next week, and it’s the same story: tiny surf, lousy conditions. The period is short on most days, under 8 seconds, robbing it of any punch. The breaks are inconsistent, and the forecast shows "poor surf conditions" on every row. There’s nothing to recommend here. For a spot like Liencres, which is usually consistent, a blank run this long is a real bummer, but it happens.

The first bit of any real change doesn’t show up until Monday, the 20th of July. That morning we see a jump in swell to 3.3 ft from the WNW, with a combined energy of 124 (moderate). But hold your horses – the wind is screaming 22 mph from the WNW, making it a messy, lumpy cross-onshore. Not a paddling day, maybe one for the kite surfers if that’s your thing. The afternoon gets worse, with 28 mph onshore winds and 4.3 ft swell. That’s too big and blown out for anything fun.

Finally, on Wednesday morning, the 22nd of July, we get a glimmer. It’s the first time the report says "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions". Swell is 2.6 ft from the NNW, period of 7 seconds, with a combined energy of 59 (weak). The wind is light from the ENE, blowing cross-offshore. That’s the cleanest wind we’ve seen in weeks. The waves won’t be world-class, but you'll get a few grovelly ones to yourself if you’re keen. Crowds are often a thing here, but on a Wednesday morning with this size, it might be pretty quiet.

That’s it. One semi-decent window on the 22nd of July morning. The rest? A bust. Keep your board waxed and hope the charts look better on the next update.

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