Lowestoft Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Gather 'round, crew. Rusty here. Let's be straight with you – the numbers for Lowestoft over the next 16 days are a tough read. The finder is giving us a big fat zero across the board, and if you look at the guidance, it's flagging this spot as "inconsistent" and mainly for beginners. So, the honest truth is there's really nothing worth paddling out for in this whole window. We're looking at a solid 16-day blank run. For this area, when the consistency is this low, a dry spell like this is pretty normal. The models can always flip, but right now, I'm not holding my breath.

We start on Monday, 3rd August. Actually, let's not even start there. The first few days are a write-off. The swell is tiny, the wind is all wrong, and the water is a weird 67°F (that's 5°F warmer than usual for this time of year, which is very unusual). The combined wave energy is a paltry 45, so there's no grunt in the water at all. It's a hard pass.

Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th are just as bad. We're talking knee-high slop at best, with periods of 5 to 6 seconds – that's pure wind chop. The energy drops to a pathetic 4. Even when the wind finally goes offshore on the 5th afternoon, there's no swell to hold it up.

The whole first week is a ghost town. Thursday the 6th and Friday the 7th offer a tiny 2 ft of northerly wind swell, but the period is only 7 seconds. The energy is up to a measly 24. It's a clean, light wind morning on the 7th, but you're just scratching for a waist-high dribbler. Not worth the wetsuit.

The second week doesn't get any better. From the 8th of August right through to the 18th, we're trapped in the same pattern. The swell heights flirt with 2 ft to 3 ft on the 10th and 13th, but the periods are stuck at 5 seconds, and the wind is often cross-onshore or onshore. The combined energy nudges up to 45 and 53 on the 14th and 15th, but that's still weak. On the 14th morning, the wind is a strong 25 mph offshore, which is clean, but it's a strong breeze that'll make paddling out a battle and the swell is just a weak, short-period windswell. It's a heartbreaking combo.

Look, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there's no standout session here. Not one. This is a total washout. Tides and sandbars might give you a tiny close-out shorebreak, but for a proper surf, you're looking at a different coast. Stick it out, wait for a better forecast. The ocean will come back around.

Rusty.

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