Lowestoft Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’ve got to be straight with you about what’s on offer here... or more like, what’s not on offer.

Honestly, looking at the whole 16-day window, it’s a pretty grim picture. We’re not talking about picking the best of a bad bunch; we’re talking about a stretch where the surf just isn't happening. The first proper glimmer of anything you could even call a wave doesn’t show up until Thursday the 17th of September, and even that is a long way off.

Let’s break it down. From today, right through until Wednesday the 16th, it’s all flat or tiny scraps. The combined swell energy is down in the low double digits and single digits – a paltry 23 is the highest it gets in that first week (Sept 10th morning), and that’s on a tiny 2 ft windswell with a period of just 6 seconds. You’d need a longboard and a lot of patience for that, and with a cross-off breeze, it’s still just poor. Then it drops to almost nothing.

The first day that even gets a "surfable" tag is Thursday morning, the 17th of September. At Lowestoft, we finally get a little bump: 4 ft from the NNE with a period of 6 seconds. The energy is still weak at 87, but we get a clean window with a light offshore breeze from the WNW. It’s small, ordinary, and the crowd factor is listed as “often,” so expect a few others out.

Then Friday the 18th morning offers something similar: 5 ft from the NNE (6 sec period), energy at 151. It’s still in the moderate energy range, but the winds are a cross-off from the SSW. It’s clean, but again, the conditions are just “very ordinary.”

After that brief flirtation with tiny surf, it drops off again into scraps. The swell on the 19th is back down to 2 ft. We get some gusty offshore winds on the 20th from the W at 25 mph, which is too strong for any fun on the tiny 2 ft waves. Then we see a few more days of small, clean looking conditions with glassy periods on the 22nd afternoon, but with the swell barely reaching 3 ft and a period of 6 seconds, the combined energy is just 43. It’s a flat spell.

So, for the best on offer, and I use the term loosely: Thursday 17th September morning. That’s your best bet. It’s 4 ft, clean, and it’s the first sign of life after nearly a week of nothing. If you have a foamie and just want to get wet, it’s the best of a very quiet run. Just don’t expect any power. The water temperature is 66° – that’s 4° warmer than average for this time of year, so it’s unseasonably warm, but that won’t make the 4 ft waves any bigger.

Overall, this is a bust. The entire forecast is a flat, low-energy stretch where the best day is still "very ordinary."

Rusty.

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