Newdicks Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty again, same story, just in feet and miles per hour.

The charts are pretty quiet out of the gate, but there’s a big pulse of energy coming in the second week that’s worth circling on the calendar. For now, it’s small and weak, with a lot of cross-shore breeze, so don’t expect much until we get into August.

We’ll start at Newdicks Beach. It’s a beach and reef setup, exposed to the swell, but it’s inconsistent, so it doesn’t fire all the time. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual.

The first real chance to get wet looks like Saturday morning, the 1st of August. We’ve got a clean 2ft swell from the north with a short period of 7 seconds, and a light SSW offshore wind at 3 mph. The combined energy is only 67 (weak), so it’s small and a bit gutless, but it’ll be glassy and clean. Good for a beginner session, but nothing to get stoked about.

Then things go flat and poor for a long stretch. From Saturday afternoon all the way through to Thursday the 6th, it’s mostly tiny 0.7ft – 1.0ft slop with onshore or cross-shore winds. Not worth paddling out for.

Now, the standout window. Friday morning, the 7th of August, is where it starts to get interesting. We’ve got a 5ft swell from the north, period of 7 seconds, and the wind is glassy – completely calm, 0 mph. The combined energy jumps to 201 (moderate), and the conditions are clean. This is a solid morning for a surf, especially if you can get out early before the breeze picks up. The swell is a bit short-period, so it’ll be a little fat, but the glassy conditions will make it fun.

But the real beast is Monday, the 10th of August. That’s a week away, so keep it in the back of your mind. We’ve got a massive 13ft swell from the northeast, with a period of 13 seconds. The combined energy is a whopping 4792 (strong) on Monday morning, climbing to 5989 in the afternoon. That’s a lot of water moving. However, the wind is a strong cross-shore or cross-onshore from the east at 22-28 mph, which will make it a windy, lumpy mess. For experts only, and even then, the conditions are going to be a battle. The swell is long-period, so at a beach and reef setup like this, it might break a bit too straight. This setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Tuesday the 11th of August is still big, with 13ft swell from the NE and a period of 11 seconds, but the wind drops to a moderate cross-off from the SE at 12 mph. The combined energy is 4436 (strong), and the conditions are clean. This is the standout for the whole period if you’ve got the skill. Big, powerful, groundswell with clean conditions. Definitely for experienced surfers only – anything over 8ft is expert territory, and this is double that.

After that, it slowly drops. Wednesday the 12th offers a still-chunky 7ft from the NE with a moderate cross-off breeze, but the energy is dropping to 1093 (moderate). It’ll be a bit cleaner than earlier in the week, but still a serious wave.

From Thursday the 13th onwards, it fades back to smaller, wind-affected slop, with onshore winds picking up again. The last few days of the forecast are just poor, messy conditions.

So, to wrap it up: if you’re a beginner, get out on Saturday morning, the 1st of August, for a clean, tiny wave. For the big dogs, circle Tuesday, the 11th of August – that’s the day with the most power and cleanest conditions, but it’ll be a handful. The Monday the 10th is huge but windy, and the Friday the 7th is a nice glassy session if you want something smaller.

Rusty.

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