Matunuck Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here, and I’m looking at the next 16 days for our local spot. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch. We’ve got a long, lean run ahead with very little to get excited about. The first real chance of anything surfable doesn’t pop up until the 30th, so we’re looking at a gap of about 5 days with no real recommendations at the start.

The main issue is the swell. It’s small, weak, and mostly short-period windswell, with periods hanging around 7–8 seconds. The combined energy values are mostly in the double digits or low triple digits, meaning weak to barely moderate wave energy. The best we can hope for is a few days where the wind lines up to make something of the little bumps we get.

Matunuck is the only name on the board, and it’s a reef break that’s sheltered from the swell, needing a SE direction – which is what we get, but the size is just too small. The water temp is about average for this time of year.

We start with the first sniff on Thursday, July 30th. The morning looks best with a 4 ft swell from the S, but it’s got a period of 8 seconds – not much grunt. The real kicker is the wind: NW at 16 mph, straight offshore. That’ll make it clean, with moderate offshore conditions. The combined energy hits 284 (moderate), which is the highest we’ll see. It’s surfable, but the waves will be very ordinary.

The afternoon of the 30th stays clean with a WNW cross-offshore breeze at 12 mph, but the swell is the same size and the energy drops a touch to 262.

Friday, July 31st morning keeps the clean theme with a WNW cross-offshore wind at 9 mph, but the swell drops to 3 ft from the S, energy down to 129. Still surfable, but very small.

After that, we slide back into tiny, weak junk. The rest of the first week of August sees 2 ft to 4 ft swells, but often with onshore winds or cross-shore chop that wreck any chance of a decent wave. The combined energy values are mostly in the double digits or low 100s, just not enough power.

The 6th of August morning has a 4 ft S swell with glassy conditions (W wind 6 mph), but the energy is a weak 113 and the period is only 7 seconds. It’s a small window of clean conditions, but the waves will be weak and crumbly.

Honestly, there’s no standout session here. The only real highlight is the Thursday morning (30th July) with the offshore wind and the biggest energy of the forecast. If you’re desperate, that’s your window. For the rest of the run, you’re chasing windswell bumps that are better suited for a longboard or a day off. The inconsistency is painful, but it’s normal for this area when the patterns are flat.

Rusty.

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