Ogunquit Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, and I've been staring at the charts for Ogunquit Beach. Let me tell you straight up, it's a tough outlook for us. We're looking at a long dry spell before anything worth paddling out for shows up.

Right now, the water is a bit colder than normal for this time of year at 62°, but with the lack of waves, it doesn't really matter. For the first week and a half, it's a real bummer. From Wednesday the 29th of July all the way through to Saturday the 8th of August, the surf is just poor. We've got tiny, weak swell with combined energy barely cracking 100 (47 to 83), and the wind is all over the place – mostly onshore or cross-onshore, just making a mess of things. There's a bit of a tease on Friday the 31st of July afternoon when the wind goes glassy, but the swell is still a tiny 2ft from the SSE with a period of 10 seconds. It's surfable, but it's flat and ordinary.

The real standout, and the only window I'd get excited about, is much later. Look towards Wednesday the 12th of August. That morning, the stars finally align. We've got a nice glassy morning with a building swell. The swell comes from the SE at 4ft with a 12-second period, and the combined energy jumps right up to 502 – that's some proper power. This is the real deal, but it's a long way off, so don't book the day off work just yet. The afternoon keeps the size at 5ft from the SE with a 12-second period and even more energy (594), but the wind swings onshore and light rain moves in, so that morning session on the 12th is your one and only shot. The swell direction from the SE is spot-on for the exposure here, too.

Before that, there are a couple of clean mornings – August 4th and August 6th – with nice light offshore winds, but the swell is just too small to do anything with, barely 2ft. A couple of glimmers on August 10th and 11th mornings with glassy conditions and some long-period (14 and 12-second) groundswell offering decent energy (141 and 94), but the heights are still only 1ft to 2ft. Too small to be any good.

This is a beach break, and it's an exposed one. It's been inconsistent and it's going to stay that way for a while. If you're a beginner, don't even bother for the next two weeks – even when there is some swell, the 5ft on the 12th is right at the top of what's comfortable for you.

The long and short of it is: the whole 16-day forecast is a bust, except for that one morning on Wednesday the 12th of August. That's your one chance for clean, powerful waves. Keep an eye on it, but temper expectations.

Rusty.

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