Misquamicut State Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s cut through the numbers and talk about what the next few weeks are looking like for our local stretch.

To be honest, the next week and a half is a bit of a write-off. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and messy conditions. From Saturday the 11th right through to Monday the 20th, there’s barely a ripple worth paddling for. The swell is tiny, mostly under 2 ft, with short, weak periods and the wind is almost always working against us. You’ll be staring at a lot of cross-onshore chop and very poor surf. The combined energy is laughable, sitting in the low double digits (35) most days. It’s a real flat spell.

Things finally start to show a pulse on the morning of Monday, July 20th. We see a jump to 5 ft from the SSE with a 6-second period, and the wind goes light and cross-offshore, leaving the surface clean. The combined energy jumps to 144 (moderate), and while it’s still just “surfable,” it’s the first real sign of life. The Tuesday morning (21st) offers a similar story with 3 ft from the S and clean conditions, but the energy is dropping back (93).

Now, the real standout is locked in for Wednesday, July 22nd. The morning session at Misquamicut State Beach is the one to circle. We’re looking at a clean 5 ft swell from the south, with a period stretching to 8 seconds. The wind goes glassy – absolute dead calm – and the combined energy pushes up to a solid 273 (moderate wave energy). The conditions are finally, truly good. Don’t waste the morning; it’s the best we’re going to get.

The water temp is sitting at 65°F right now, which feels a bit colder than normal for July (a 4°F anomaly).

After that Wednesday morning high, the wind swings onshore again in the afternoons, and the rest of the week into the 26th sees a lot of wind-affected, lumpy surf. The swell does push up to 6 ft and 6 ft, but with strong onshore winds and a cross-shore chop, it’s going to be a messy, blown-out ocean. That bigger swell might be more interesting for the kite crowd than for paddle surfing.

So, to sum it up: a long dry spell, a brief glimmer of hope on the 20th and 21st, and one absolute standout window on the morning of Wednesday, July 22nd. Get on it.

Rusty.

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