Masonboro Inlet Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it for Masonboro Inlet.

Honestly, I gotta be straight with you – the next 16 days at Masonboro Inlet are looking flat and pretty grim. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing worth paddling out for. The overall pattern is a whole lot of small, weak windswell with choppy onshore or cross-shore winds messing up what little bump there is. There’s no standout swell on the horizon, so don’t get your hopes up.

The first chunk of the forecast is a real write-off. From Monday the 6th for the next several days, we’re looking at tiny waves – mostly under 3 ft – with poor conditions. The combined energy is weak, sitting in the 20s and 50s (50). Just small, crumbly, rippled-out surf. Not worth a second look.

We get a brief moment on Wednesday morning the 8th where a 3 ft swell from the SSW shows up with a bit more energy (106), and the wind goes cross-offshore. It’s classed as "surfable but very ordinary conditions." That’s about as good as it gets, and it’s not saying much. The rest of that week and into the next is just a parade of tiny, weak swells under 2 ft, mostly from the SE, with periods all over the shop. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual.

There are a few fleeting moments of glassy conditions, like Sunday morning the 12th and Monday morning the 13th, but the swell is just too small to do anything with – 2 ft and 3 ft with a period of 4 to 5 seconds. It’s flat, oily water. The second week is a total washout. We’re looking at more of the same: small, inconsistent waves, barely reaching 3 ft, with onshore winds. The energy numbers are in the teens and twenties. It’s a proper blank run, and honestly, for this area, that’s not unusual when the summer pattern locks in. There’s simply nothing here that’s worth your time or your wax.

Rusty.

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