Ocean City - 8th Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty comin' at you from the coast.

First thing you gotta know: we are lookin' at a long, dry stretch here. For the next week and a half, there's just nothing doing at Ocean City - 8th Street. The surf is gonna be flat or close to it, with tiny little leftovers and onshore breezes messing things up. It's a real bummer for a place that usually picks up a little something. This kind of blank run is pretty normal for this area when the swell windows aren't lining up.

Things stay poor through the first week of July. Thursday the 2nd has a weak 3 ft of short-period, wind-chopped slop from the south with a cross breeze – not worth a second look. Friday morning on the 3rd does go glassy, but the swell is just 0.7 ft from the ESE, so you're looking at a lake. Saturday the 4th is glassy again in the morning but with only 1 ft on tap. That pattern holds: small, weak, and mostly messy.

There is a tiny flicker of hope on Tuesday morning, July 7th. The wind goes light and cross-offshore from the WSW, and we get a clean 2 ft from the south. The wave comment says "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," which is the best we'll see in this whole outlook. That combined energy is a weak 55 – it's tiny, but it's rideable for a beginner on a foamie if you're desperate.

Then it's back to nothing. We get a little bump on Wednesday, July 8th, with a combined energy of 119 showing up, which is the highest in the whole run, but it's a short-period 3 ft from the ENE with light onshore wind. It's still just poor quality. The rest of the week into mid-July stays garbage – cross-breezes, tiny swell, and "poor surf conditions" on every single record.

So, to call a standout? Well, the only real standout here is that Tuesday morning, July 7th. It's the cleanest we get, with glass-like conditions and a tiny 2 ft south swell. But honestly, it's so small and weak it's barely worth the paddle. If you're a beginner who just wants to get wet on a longboard, that's your window.

For the rest of this 16-day period, I'd say don't bother. The water temperature is 72°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. The crowds at 8th Street are sometimes an issue, but they won't be this week because there's no surf.

Stay patient, folks. Forecasts change. But right now, it's a flat spell.

Rusty.

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