Ormond Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let’s get into it.

Look, I’m gonna level with you. For the next 16 days at Ormond Beach Pier, we’re in a real dry spell. The whole forecast window is basically one long stretch of tiny, weak, and mostly messy surf. There are no standouts, no days to circle on the calendar. Every single session across the entire period is rated as poor surf conditions. The combined swell energy never even cracks 100 – we’re talking weak energy values all the way, mostly in the 10s, 20s, and 30s, with the highest being just 83 (that’s weak energy). The swell heights hover between 0.7 ft and 3 ft, with a short period of mostly 8 seconds, meaning it’s just windswell, not groundswell. Nothing with any punch or push.

For the first few days, from Friday the 24th of July through the weekend, the winds are messy. Friday morning we’ve got an onshore breeze, and it only gets worse in the afternoon with a cross-onshore. Saturday morning is clean with a cross-offshore, but the swell is only about 2 ft with 44 energy – it’s just not enough. Sunday morning has clean conditions with a cross-offshore again, but the swell drops to about 2 ft and 29 energy. There is a real gap in quality here.

We see a glassy, calm morning on Monday the 27th, but the swell is just 1 ft with 21 energy – barely a ripple. The rest of the first week into the start of August gives us some cleaner windows with offshore winds, particularly on Wednesday the 29th and Thursday the 30th, with gentle offshore breezes, but again, the swell is just 1 ft and 1.0 ft. There’s no power. The water temp is about 82°F, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year by about 2°, so it’s a touch cooler than usual when you paddle out, but nothing shocking.

Moving into the second week, it’s more of the same: tiny, clean conditions but nothing to get excited about. A few glassy afternoons around August 1st and 2nd with 1.0 ft to 2 ft swell. By the 6th of August, we get a very long period groundswell of 12 seconds from the ENE, which is promising in theory, but the combined energy is only 25 and the wave height is just 0.7 ft. It’s a tease. The period is there for shape, but there’s no size. The last few days of the window are still flat and poor. For an exposed beach/pier setup like Ormond Beach Pier, with the swell coming mostly from the east and southeast, which matches the optimum NE direction only loosely, there’s just nothing to work with. Honestly, this stretch looks more interesting for a longboard cruise or a paddleboard, not a proper surf. I’d be looking at other hobbies for two weeks if you’re here.

- Rusty

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