Main Street Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s look at what’s on the table for Main Street Pier over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a bit of a flat spell we’re in. The numbers aren’t giving us much to get excited about, so we’re looking at a long stretch of small, weak, and mostly sloppy conditions.

The water’s sitting at a warm 83°, which is pretty much what you’d expect for this time of year, so at least you won’t need a thick wetsuit.

For the first week, from Thursday the 23rd of July all the way through to the end of the month, it’s more of a paddle-around session than a proper surf. The swell is tiny, barely scraping 3 ft, and it’s coming from the East with a short, weak 8-second period. The energy is laughably low – we’re talking values between 7 and 83 for the combined energy, which is just weak. The wind is a mess too, mostly cross or cross-onshore, making for bumpy, choppy faces. There’s a couple of windows early on Sunday morning and Monday morning where it cleans up with a cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is so small (1 ft to 2 ft) it’s hardly worth the paddle.

We hit the 1st of August, and the trend continues. Tiny swell, 1 ft to 2 ft, with the same short period. The wind does turn more consistently offshore from the WSW from the 28th onwards, cleaning things up, but the wave height just isn’t there. The combined energy stays stuck in the low double digits or lower.

Now, hold on. There’s a tiny flicker on the 3rd of August. Monday afternoon, the swell bumps up to 3 ft from the ESE, and the combined energy jumps to 116 – that’s moderate energy, finally. But the wind swings back to a cross-shore, making it choppy. It’s progress, but it’s not the gem we’re looking for.

The best of the whole run, and I mean the *only* standout, is Tuesday the 4th of August in the morning. We get a flat, glassy ocean with zero wind, and the swell is 2 ft from the ESE. It’s tiny, but the glassy conditions will make it look like a mirror. For a longboard or a foamie, you could get a few fun, clean ankle-biters. The energy is weak at 32, so it’s not going to be pumping, but it’ll be the most pleasant time to be in the water. That’s your pick of the litter.

After that, it’s back to the same old story: small, weak, and often choppy through the 7th of August.

The Pier itself is a beach/pier setup, exposed to the swell, but with this lack of size, it’s just not going to offer much. The crowds are a factor here – they’re often around, so on a better day you’d have company, but with these conditions, it might be a ghost town.

So, to sum it up: we’ve got a 9-day gap of barely surfable waves before that glassy Tuesday morning on the 4th of August. After that, more of the same. It’s a quiet period, but forecasts can change, and it doesn’t stay this flat forever.

Rusty.

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