Ormond Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty checkin' in from the beach here. Lookin' at the whole sixteen-day window for Ormond Beach Pier, and I gotta be straight with ya—it's gonna be a real tough stretch. The wave energy is almost entirely weak, with combined energy values barely ever reaching triple digits, and those rare moderate blips still come with naff conditions.

The water temp is sittin' around 82°, which is a bit colder than it usually is for this time of year, nearly a degree and a half off the norm. That’s a sign of something a bit off, and the surf is sufferin' for it.

Right from the start on Wednesday, August 5th, it's a no-go. Just 1 ft of weak, short-period ESE slop under a cloudy sky and a light cross-onshore breeze. That sets the tone for the whole first week. Thursday the 6th through to Tuesday the 11th is just more of the same—tiny waves, nothing over 3 ft, and a constant onshore or cross-shore wind from the east and southeast. The combined energy stays mostly in the double digits or very low triple digits, so even the Saturday afternoon of the 8th with a 3 ft, 8-second swell is just a choppy, weak mess. There's a brief moment on Tuesday morning the 11th where a light cross-offshore breeze cleans things up, but the swell is a paltry 1 ft. Not worth paddling out.

The second week stumbles on in the same fashion. We get a few glassy or clean mornings on the 12th, 13th, and 14th, but each time the swell is tiny (1.0 ft). That Sunday morning the 16th, we get another glassy morning, but again, it's just 1.0 ft of swell. There's something of a pulse trying to build late on Sunday the 16th afternoon and into Monday the 17th afternoon, but it's ruined by a moderate cross-onshore breeze turnin' it choppy.

The biggest energy spike we see comes on Tuesday the 18th afternoon, with a 3 ft, 8-second ESE swell. That's the highest reading in the whole forecast, but it's still a weak, short-period lump, and the wind is cross-onshore. It's not gonna be a pretty sight.

There is absolutely no standout session in this whole sixteen-day run. Every single entry is marked "poor surf conditions". The swell is too weak, the onshore wind is too persistent, and the periods are too short to offer any real quality.

For a spot like Ormond Beach Pier, which is a fairly consistent exposed break, this is an unusually bleak run. It's the kind of spell where you might see a few kite surfers havin' a go, because the setup looks more interesting for them than for paddle surfing. Honestly, don't bother waxin' up for a while. Forecasts can change, but this one's locked in grim.

Rusty.

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