Newport Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on the table for Newport Beach.

To be honest, mate, it’s a pretty quiet run for the next 16 days. The start of the week has a bit of swell, but the conditions are a real mixed bag. The water’s sitting at 71°, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year – a nice surprise when you’re sitting out there.

The best of the lot looks to be this Monday morning, July 27th. We’ve got a solid 4ft of SW groundswell rolling in, with a long, proper period of 18 seconds. The combined energy is sitting at 767 (moderate), and with a light SSW breeze blowing onshore, it’ll be clean enough to have a crack. That long period will see the waves wrapping in nicely at the river mouth. Crowds are often a thing here, so expect a few out. After that, Monday afternoon drops off to a 0 on the call, so the window is tight.

For the rest of the first week, the wind stays cross-onshore or onshore, keeping things choppy and messy. The surf hovers around the 3ft mark, but it’s all rated as poor. By Thursday and Friday, July 30th and 31st, the morning sets are marginal with the same 5ft S swell, but it’s still not coming together clean.

After that first weekend, it all fades away. From Sunday, August 2nd, the swell drops below 2ft and the combined energy gets weak – down to 96 (weak) by Monday, August 3rd. That pattern of tiny, weak surf holds for a good week until around Saturday, August 8th, when a little bump of 3-3ft SSW swell tries to make a showing. The wind is onshore then too, so even though the energy climbs back to 508 (moderate), the quality’s still poor.

In short, there’s a brief window early Monday morning, July 27th, that’s your best bet. After that, it’s a long stretch of small, onshore slop until the second week when a tiny pulse shows up, but nothing that’s worth going out of your way for.

Rusty.

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