Nantasket Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s cooking for Nantasket Beach over the next couple of weeks.

Straight up, it’s a lean run. There’s some small windows where you might get wet, but nothing that’s gonna have you calling in sick. The forecast is pretty flat for long stretches, especially through the middle and into the third week.

The only time we see anything surfable comes Thursday the 9th of July. Thursday morning is your best bet, with a little 3ft east swell rolling in at 8 seconds. It’s small, but the wind is offshore from the WSW, light breeze, and it’s clean. The combined energy is weak (72). Don’t expect much push, but for a summer knee-to-waist high session with nobody around, it’s got a bit of charm. Thursday afternoon sees the swell drop even more to 2ft, and the wind shifts to a cross-off from the SSW, still clean but smaller.

After that, it’s a long dry spell. From Friday the 10th right through to Wednesday the 22nd of July, the swell barely reaches 2ft at its best, and most days it’s hovering around 0.3ft to 1ft. The wave comment reads “poor surf conditions” the whole way through. The combined energy is in single digits or low double digits. Glassy conditions show up briefly on the morning of Sunday the 12th and again on Friday the 17th, but there’s simply no swell to work with. It’s a flat spell, plain and simple.

The last chance we see comes on Thursday the 22nd of July. There’s a little bump of 2ft from the NE, but with a period of just 4 seconds and light rain, it’s still a tough sell. The energy is weak (14–20), and the wind is cross-off, so it’s clean, but tiny and weak.

For beginners, there’s nothing over 5ft in the whole period, so no worries there. For anyone else, the standout – if you can call it that – is the morning of Thursday the 9th of July. It’s the only time the score actually gets above zero, with clean offshore conditions and a bit of waist-high east swell. But it’s no barnstormer. Water temp is about average for July, nothing unusual there. Nantasket Beach is exposed to easterly swell, so it’s not getting much from the north or south.

Crowds are listed as “sometimes” possible, but with this kind of flatness, you’ll have the place pretty much to yourself. Consistency is good, but there’s just nothing consistent to be consistent with.

Hang in there, the forecasts can always shift. But for now, it’s a board-rack day.

Rusty.

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