Lymans Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on offer for the local stretch.

Alright, I gotta be straight with you. The next 16 days are looking pretty flat and uninspiring for Lymans. We’ve got a bit of a dry spell on our hands. The first real chance of a wave doesn't show up until Wednesday the 22nd, and even then it’s a marginal call. From there, we’ve got a long stretch of poor surf that basically runs all the way through to the end of the forecast. There are no standouts, no real windows of clean, rideable swell. It’s a tough run.

The only real flicker of life comes on Wednesday the 22nd of July. We’ve got a small 2 ft swell pushing in from the SSW, with a very long period of 23 seconds. That’s a proper groundswell, and the combined energy reads 563 (moderate energy). The issue is that it’s a Wednesday afternoon, with rain showers and a light cross-onshore breeze from the SSW. For a reef and point setup like Lymans, that long-period swell could wrap in nicely, but the wind is not doing us any favours. The water temp is a warm 80°, which is about average for this time of year.

After that little blip, it’s a long, slow decline. Thursday the 23rd is a write-off, with a 3 ft swell but a 15 km/h cross-onshore making it choppy. Friday the 24th through to the start of the next week offers small, weak swells with onshore winds, and the scores are all bottom-of-the-barrel. The combined energy drops from moderate into the 100s and even into double digits by the 28th, like 42 for a glassy 2 ft NNE swell on Tuesday afternoon – that’s a tiny, weak wave.

We limp through the end of July and into August with nothing but 2 ft slop, mostly from the SW or W, with onshore or cross-on winds. The energy stays in the triple digits but barely, and the period is short, around 13-14 seconds. It’s just not surfable. It’s one of those blank runs where the area just goes to sleep. Forecasts can change, but for now, I’d be doing something else with the next two weeks.

Rusty out.

Read more