Lowestoft Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this is a tough one. Looking at the next 16 days for Lowestoft, the honest truth is there’s nothing on the table that you’d want to paddle out for. The whole run is a blank, and we’ve got a long stretch of poor surf conditions ahead.

Right off the bat, the water temp is sitting about average for the time of year, so that’s not the issue. The problem is a complete lack of any decent swell. We start off with a tiny 0.7ft windswell from the north on Thursday the 30th of July, with a short period of 8 seconds and weak energy (7). The wind is light offshore in the morning, which would usually get the heart going, but there’s just no wave to hold onto. It’s a classic case of “clean but flat.”

The whole first week is a grind. Friday the 31st is even smaller, with the swell dropping to 0.3ft and the wind turning onshore and choppy. Saturday the 1st of August offers a little 1ft spike, but it’s a short-period 4-second windswell with poor energy (8). The wind is light cross-off in the morning, which is about the only clean window you’ll see, but it’s still just not enough to surf.

We go through a gap of several days where the swell barely flickers. Sunday the 2nd and Monday the 3rd offer nothing but tiny, messy windswell with onshore winds kicking up chop. The only real bump in the whole forecast comes on Tuesday the 4th of August, where we see a 6ft swell from the ENE with a period of 7 seconds and moderate energy (262). But it’s onshore, rainy, and sloppy. The combined energy (262) sounds promising, but at 6ft, it’s already getting too big for beginners, and with the wind and short period, it’s going to be a closeout mess. Wednesday the 5th drops back down to 4ft, still onshore, and it’s just not a paddle-friendly setup.

The second week doesn’t get any better. We see a few pulses of 6ft swell on Saturday the 8th of August with moderate energy (238), but again, the wind is fresh and cross-onshore, the period is short at 6 seconds, and the surf quality is rated poor. For the rest of the run, from the 9th of August right through to the 14th, it’s a steady decline into flat, small, choppy junk. The wind stays onshore or cross-onshore, and the swell heights drop to 0.7ft or nothing.

Because there’s no standout, no decent break, and no real window, I can’t point you to a gem. The setup here is more interesting for a kite than a paddle, given the consistent onshore wind and the lumpy, messy waves. It’s a blank run, and for this area, that’s not unusual. The forecasts can change, but for now, leave the boards at home.

Rusty.

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