Lowestoft Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's be real – the next couple of weeks look pretty bleak. We're looking at a whole run of weak, tiny surf, and most of it is going to be a battle just to get a dribble. The first week is mostly flat, with nothing but 0.3ft slop from the north and no energy behind it. There's a slight bump on Thursday the 17th to 2ft, but it's still poor. The weekend is more of the same.

We finally see a pulse of life on Sunday the 20th, with surf pushing up to 3 to 3ft in the afternoon. The period stretches to 7 seconds, and the energy jumps to 110 – finally something with a bit of push. The wind is light and offshore, so it's clean, but it's still only just surfable.

Monday and Tuesday fade right back out, and Tuesday the 22nd gets messy with a shift to a north wind and cross-chop.

Then we get our one standout window: Wednesday the 23rd. The swell is holding around 3ft, with a much better 9-second period, and the wind goes glassy – dead calm in the morning, light offshore in the afternoon. The energy jumps to 155, which is the biggest push we see all forecast. This is the cleanest, most powerful surf on offer. A proper window to get some nice, shaped waves.

After that, it drops off a cliff. Thursday the 24th gets cross-shore winds and a chop, and then the 25th through 27th turn onshore from the southeast and south. We get a bigger pulse of near 5ft on Monday the 28th, but it's coming in with a strong cross-onshore wind, making it choppy and messy – that one looks more like a battle than a smooth ride.

So, the long and short of it: there are long gaps of nothing. The first week is a total write-off. Our one real shot is that clean, glassy morning on Wednesday the 23rd. That’s the standout. After that, it’s back to poor conditions, with the bigger swell on the 28th being blown out by the wind.

Keep your eye on Wednesday the 23rd. That’s your day. Otherwise, it’s time to find something else to do.

Rusty.

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