Newcombs Hollow Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, and I’ve been staring at the charts for Newcombs Hollow—it’s a rough stretch. This spot faces east-southeast, and for the next two weeks, we just aren’t getting the juice from that direction.

Over the full 16 days, there’s not one standout session. It’s a long flat spell with some bumpy, blown-out days mixed in. The water temp is sitting around 66°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but you won’t be in long enough to care.

We start Friday, July 3rd, with a tiny 0.7ft swell from the ESE and a cross-shore wind—dead in the water. Saturday and Sunday, July 4th and 5th, we get offshore winds but the swell is still pathetic—0.7ft to 1.0ft. You could cruise on a foamie, but that’s it.

Monday and Tuesday, July 6th and 7th, the wind cranks up onshore and messy. Tuesday afternoon we see 6ft swell (combined energy of 313—moderate to strong), but it’s a short-period 7 seconds from the ESE, and the wind is a strong cross-onshore at 28 mph. That’s a washing machine. For anyone but a kiter, it’s a miss. The setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing that day.

Wednesday, July 8th, still some size (4ft to 4ft), but again cross-onshore and lumpy. The rest of the first week and into the second fades into tiny stuff, with a few glassy moments—like Friday afternoon, July 10th, with 1ft and glassy wind—but the swell is just too small.

By July 14th, we get a brief pulse from the NE at 3ft, but it’s a 5-second period—gutless. July 15th is the closest we get to rideable: a 3ft swell from the SSE with a clean cross-offshore wind. The report calls it “surfable but very ordinary.” The combined energy is a weak 58. After that, it’s back to flat, glassy days with zero push.

So, bottom line: no good surf options in this 16-day window at Newcombs Hollow. It’s a blank run that’s pretty normal for this area when the swell direction is off. Forecasts can change, though—it never stays poor for long.

Rusty.

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