Surf Forecasts:
Mablethorpe surf forecast from 9 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 13 Jul, 4PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period, NNE swell with 86 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Mablethorpe this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Mablethorpe in the next 16 days are 0.9m 7s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 13) at 4PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.3m 5s period and expected on Sunday (Jul 12) at 4PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 4PM (Mon 13th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Mablethorpe over the next 16 days.
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on offer for Mablethorpe.
Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it's a bleak picture for us over the next sixteen days. The whole period is marked by poor surf conditions. There isn't a single recommendation in the window, so we're looking at a total blank run. That's a long stretch with nothing to get excited about, I know. The swell never really gets its act together, and the wind is mostly wrong. It's one of those spells where the stars just don't align, and for this area, a run like this isn't totally out of the ordinary.
Starting from Thursday the 9th through to Monday the 20th, we're stuck with tiny, weak waves. The water temp is way warmer than normal for this time of year, but that's little consolation.
Looking at the best of a bad bunch, we might see a slight lift around the weekend of the 12th and 13th of July. Sunday morning the 12th could see the swell nudge up to 3ft from the NE, with the combined energy reaching a meager (49), still well short of anything punchy. The wind stays cross-onshore and moderate, so don't expect any clean lines. It's going to be choppy and messy.
The swell sticks around that 3ft mark into Monday the 13th, but it's still all cross-onshore from the NE, with combined energy climbing a touch to (73) in the morning and (86) in the afternoon. It's still poor, just slightly less poor. For the more experienced paddlers, the period stays short and the conditions are going to be a battle.
Later on, there's a tiny hint of something better on Monday the 20th of July. The swell will be tiny at 2ft from the N, but we get a glassy afternoon with zero wind. For a few hours, the surface might look like a lake, but there's just no energy in the water to make a wave worth paddling for. The combined energy is only (11), so it's dead flat.
Honestly, given the consistent onshore and cross-onshore winds and the generally small, weak swells, at times the setup here looks more interesting for a kite surfer than for a paddle surfer, especially when the wind picks up to a fresh breeze.
Save your energy on this one. The forecasts can change, but for now, it's a hard pass from me.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | ESE 4 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 8 | N 8 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 4 | NE 4 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 9 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 77 | 73 | 86 | 57 | 39 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 24 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 1:23PM4.51m | 2:20AM4.33m | 2:38PM4.56m | 3:27AM4.48m | 3:49PM4.74m | 4:28AM4.73m | 4:54PM4.98m | 5:24AM5.02m | 5:53PM5.22m | 6:15AM5.32m | 6:48PM5.39m | 7:04AM5.57m | 7:39PM5.45m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 7:53PM1.20m | 8:23AM1.69m | 9:08PM1.20m | 9:41AM1.48m | 10:22PM1.08m | 10:52AM1.13m | 11:26PM0.90m | 11:54AM0.72m | 00:22AM0.72m | 12:48PM0.34m | 1:11AM0.61m | 1:38PM0.04m | 1:57AM0.59m | ||||||||
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 | 4:41 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 4:45 | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | 4:47 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:24 | — | — | 9:23 | — | — | 9:22 | — | — | 9:22 | — | — | 9:21 | — | — | 9:20 | — | — | 9:19 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Temp °C | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
Feels °C | 24 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 6 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 8 | N 8 | — | — | — | ESE 5 | — | — | — | NNE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 9 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | N 10 | N 9 | N 9 | N 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ESE 3 | ESE 4 | ESE 3 | E 3 | E 3 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NNE 7 | — | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 4 | NE 4 |
| kJ | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 77 | 73 | 86 | — | 39 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 24 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 392 | 444 | 157 | 361 | 361 | 365 | 428 | 457 | 429 | 514 | 478 | 263 | 423 | 407 | 218 | 457 | 400 | 285 | 425 | 308 | 287 |
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