Newport-South Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's cut right to it. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim out at Newport-South Beach. Water temp is a frigid 53°F, which is a solid 6°F colder than it should be this time of year, so you'll need your thickest rubber. The whole forecast is plagued by small, weak swell and a persistent cross-onshore wind that will chop everything up.

We're starting with a real dead period. The 15th and 16th have tiny, weak surf with poor conditions and barely any energy. The 17th and 18th are more of the same – small, messy, and not worth your time. There’s a few days here where you might as well leave the board in the car.

The first faint glimmer of hope shows up on Wednesday the 19th and Thursday the 20th. A WNW swell fills in at around 3ft, with the energy picking up to a moderate 464 and 558 on Wednesday, and holding around 502-552 on Thursday. The period is short at 11-12 seconds, so it won't have much power, but the wind on Thursday morning finally drops to a light cross-on, cleaning up the surface a little. It's still marginal, but out of this entire dismal forecast, this is your best bet for a few grovelly ones.

The weekend after that, the 22nd and 23rd, the swell sticks around but the period tanks to just 7 seconds. That's pure windswell – weak and disorganized. Expect poor, crumbly waves.

Next week, starting the 24th, the swell fades away to almost nothing, with tiny 2ft to 2ft waves and a long, energy-less period.

Now for the bigger stuff around the 26th and 27th. A new NNW swell pushes the size up to 5ft to 6ft, but again, it's short-period and there's a cross to cross-on wind blowing all day. That's a formula for a blown-out, messy, and unruly ocean. For a beach break like this, that kind of size with that kind of wind and weak period is more of a kite-surfing day than a paddle-surfing day.

So, here's the long and short of it: this is a poor outlook. There are no true standouts. The only window that might offer a salvageable surf is Thursday morning, the 20th, with a 3ft WNW swell and lighter winds. But don't get your hopes up too high. It's going to be a long stretch of waiting, and this break, while usually fairly consistent, is looking like it's going to be locked out for a while. Keep an eye on it – things can change.

Rusty.

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