Ormond Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey everyone, it's Rusty here, and I've gotta be straight with you about the surf outlook for Ormond Beach Pier. We're looking at a pretty lean 16-day stretch, and honestly, the pulse is barely there. The first week is going to require some real patience, and the second week doesn't offer much redemption either.

Kicking things off, the situation right now is almost non-existent. For the first several days, from Friday the 14th right through to Sunday the 16th, we're dealing with tiny, weak swell that won't even get you out of first gear. The combined swell energy is sitting in the low teens (11-25 range), which is genuinely weak. It's just not going to break properly, and the reports are calling it poor surf conditions. You'd be better off checking the tide pools.

Things stay pretty quiet through the start of the following week. On Monday the 17th and Tuesday the 18th, the swell is still tiny, around 1ft from the ESE, but there's a brief window on Tuesday afternoon. We see a little pulse, with the combined energy climbing to 51, and the conditions turn glassy. The swell period extends to 12 seconds, which is a good sign for a bit of shape. Water temps are off the charts in the data, but let's just say it'll be fine for a paddle.

Wednesday the 19th morning is about the best we've got. There's a 2ft easterly swell with a 10-second period, and the wind is glassy. The combined energy is 54, and it's labeled as surfable waves. It's not going to blow your mind, but if you're desperate for a little slide under a clean sky, that's your window. It's still a very ordinary wave, though, so keep expectations in check.

After that, it fades again. Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st drop back to 1ft to 1ft. The wind is clean, but the swell is just too weak. We then hit a bit of a weird blip around the 22nd and 23rd where the swell actually gets a bit bigger, up to 3ft from the NE, but the period is a short 6 seconds and it's cross-on shore. The combined energy at 96 on Saturday afternoon is the highest we'll see, but it's messy and choppy. Honest truth? That looks more interesting for the kite surfers than for us paddle folk.

The final days from Sunday the 24th through to the 29th of August are a rinse and repeat of weak, poor-quality surf. We're talking 1ft to 2ft, mostly from the ESE, with period struggling to get past a short 7 seconds. The energy is back in the teens and twenties.

So, the standout? There's only one real mention. If you have to get wet, make it Wednesday the 19th morning. It's the cleanest, most promising window in the whole outlook, even if it's just a small, clean wave. For the rest, just give it a miss. The tide will be going in and out, but the surf won't be.

Rusty.

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