Ormond Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get into it. The next 16 days are looking pretty bleak for surf. We've got a whole lot of small, junky waves and onshore flow that's going to test your patience more than your paddle fitness. The energy just isn't there.

We start off on Friday the 7th with some chest-high east swell around 3ft to 4ft, but it's coming with a short, wobble-prone 7-8 second period and a cross-onshore wind. The combined energy is a weak 96, and it just looks chopped up and messy. A thunderstorm risk is never a good sign for clean conditions. It's a pass.

The weekend continues in the same vein. Saturday and Sunday have similar small swell, 2ft to 3ft, but still with that short-period, cross-shore wind. The energy drops into the low to mid hundreds, and the surface is going to be lumpy. It's just not worth getting wet for anything more than a bodysurf.

Then we hit a real flat spell. From Monday the 10th through to Wednesday the 19th, we're looking at a serious drought of surf. The swell drops to piddly 1ft to 2ft, and the combined energy is consistently below 60. There are a few glassy mornings in there – Tuesday the 11th and Sunday the 16th are flat calm – but there's simply no wave to ride. It's going to be a long stretch of small, gutless conditions. You'd be better off checking the tide pools.

There is a pulse of a little more energy around the 17th and 18th. Monday morning the 17th sees a clean 2ft with a light offshore wind and a combined energy of 41, and Tuesday the 18th has another glassy morning. But again, we're talking about knee-high dribble. It's surfable for a longboard if you're desperate, but it's not going to get the heart racing.

Then, finally, our one and only standout in this entire window. It comes late, on Thursday the 20th. The afternoon shows the best combination we're going to see. The swell bumps up to 2ft from the ESE with an 8-second period, and the combined energy jumps to a moderate 91. But the key here is the wind. It's a clean offshore flow from the SW, the first real offshore wind of the entire period. This will clean up that small swell and make for some fun, rippable waves at Ormond Beach Pier. It's not big, but with the offshore wind and that long-awaited bump in energy, it'll be the pick of the bunch. It's the only time I'd seriously recommend paddling out.

After that, we slide back into the small stuff, with Friday the 21st having a bit more energy in the afternoon (124), but the SE wind will be up to 15 mph and make a mess of it.

So, to sum it up: the first week is a total washout. There's a long, flat, and boring middle section, but that offshore window on Thursday the 20th is your one true beacon of hope. It might be small, but it will be clean, and for this stretch, that's the best we can ask for. Don't get your hopes up for anything else.

Rusty.

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