Lincoln City Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, folks. Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Lincoln City has got cookin' for us over the next couple of weeks.

To be brutally honest, it's a pretty grim stretch ahead for the most part. We've got a long, frustrating gap before anything even remotely worth paddling out for shows up. The first week is basically a write-off with weak, short-period wind slop and onshore junk.

We're lookin' at a solid week of nothing from Tuesday afternoon, July 7th, all the way through to the following Monday morning, July 13th. That's a big ol' blank in the forecast. The swell is tiny, the period is a joke, and it's got that nasty cross or cross-onshore wind messing up any chance of a clean face. The few little bumps we get are tiny, around 2ft to 4ft, but with a rubbish period. It's straight-up poor surf. The water temp is a brutal 51°F with a whopping -8°F anomaly. That is *much* colder than you’d expect for this time of year. Bring a thick suit, if you're even bothering.

We limp through the next few days with more of the same – poor to marginal, with the wind never letting up. The swell height tries to pick up on the Saturday (July 11th) to around 4ft to 5ft, but the period is still a poor 9 to 10 seconds and the wind is all over it. It's just not a pretty picture.

The Standout (if you can call it that)

Alright, there is a little light at the end of the tunnel, but it's a long way off. Look ahead to Saturday, July 18th, in the afternoon. We get a pulse of swell that pushes up to 7ft from the NNW, and the period is a weak 6 seconds. The energy is actually high at 919, but that short period makes it a bit of a washing machine. The wind is light from the NW, making it just barely cross-onshore. This will be a peaky, messy wave at the best of times. It's going to be a close-out king on the beach breaks, and that size is getting towards the expert territory because of the power and short period.

Sunday, July 19th, might be your best bet. The swell holds around 6ft to 6ft from the NW with a slightly better 8-second period, and the wind stays light from the W to WNW. It's still cross-onshore, but a light breeze out of the west is manageable. This is the best window we get. Lincoln City (beach and reef) will be offering something, but don't expect magic. The swell direction is NW, which is close to the optimum W, so it should wrap in okay. The combined energy is moderate at 635 to 745. It's gonna be lumpy and a bit choppy, but rideable for the patient punter.

For the rest of that second week, we see the size stay in the 6ft to 7ft range, but the wind is a constant cross or cross-onshore breeze. It's all a bit average.

Overall, the best advice is to save your energy for the weekend of July 18th. The swell will be running, but the quality will be poor. The light winds on the 19th might just scrape a session out of it for the die-hards. For the rest, it's a long, cold blank. Forecasts can change, but right now it looks like a kite-surfing show with a bit of a brown tinge.

Rusty.

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