Lymans Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the table for Lymans.

Honestly, this is a pretty poor stretch for waves. We’ve got a long, drawn-out run of days where the conditions just aren’t coming together, and there’s a big gap of nothing worthwhile. It’s a quiet spell.

The first sniff of anything surfable doesn’t really show until later in the period. For the first week and a half, from Monday the 10th through to Saturday the 22nd, it’s a write-off. Wind, swell, and tide just aren’t lining up. You’ve got a few days with some small, long-period groundswell, but the wind is cross or cross-onshore, so it’s chopped up or messy. The water temp here is 81°F right now, which is about average for this time of year.

Now, if you’re patient, there’s a little glimmer. Late in the forecast, on Saturday afternoon the 22nd, we finally get a break. The wind goes glassy at Lymans, which is a real treat. It’s a reef and point setup, so that long-period swell tends to line up nicely on these kinds of breaks. The swell is a tiny 2 ft from the SW, but that combined swell energy is a weak 121, so don’t expect any power. It’s small, but it’ll be clean and rideable for a beginner, though the crowd might be *likely* here. It’s the only real window.

Then on Tuesday the 25th, there’s a bigger ripple of activity. The afternoon shows a pulse of 4 ft swell from the SSW with a period of 16 seconds. The energy jumps up to 790, which is a moderate pulse. The wind is onshore, though, so it’s a bit suspect. It’s a marginal call at best, but if the tide and wind play nice, there might be a few clean ones for the experienced crew.

Bottom line: This is one of those stretches where you don’t sell the farm. The standout is glassy, tiny surf on Saturday the 22nd for a longboard or a foiler, and maybe a slightly bigger but wind-affected window on the 25th. Everything else is best left for a different hobby.

Rusty.

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