Ormond Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. Let's break down the same outlook, but in feet and miles per hour for you.

Truth is, this 16-day stretch at Ormond Beach Pier is a real bummer. There's a long, flat period right off the bat. We don't see anything worth paddling out for until Thursday, July 9th. That's a solid 4-day gap of no surf from Sunday the 5th through the 9th.

Swell is consistently tiny across the board. Most readings come in between 1.0 ft and 2 ft. It's all coming from the ESE, which is not the NE direction we need for this spot to work well. The combined swell energy is almost always in the low two-digit numbers, like 14, 29, or 34, which is super weak. There’s a brief spike on Wednesday, July 8th afternoon to 188, but that's just a 3 ft SE windswell with a short period, still rated "poor surf conditions."

The water temp is about 84°F, which is just normal for the season.

For the entire forecast, we’re either in a tiny clean morning or a choppy afternoon. The best of a bad lot is Thursday morning, July 9th. The swell is only 2 ft from the ESE, but the wind is light offshore from the SSW at 3 mph, so the surface is clean. It’s described as "surfable but very ordinary." Friday morning, July 10th, is a repeat of that – 2 ft with light offshore wind. That’s about as good as it gets.

We get some glassy mornings, like on Saturday, July 11th, and Tuesday, July 14th. But with the swell stuck at 1 ft to 2 ft, it’s just flat and clean, not surfable.

For beginners, the biggest swell is 4 ft on Sunday morning, July 5th, but the period is only 4 seconds with a crosswind, so it's messy and unsurfable.

For a beach/pier setup, with so little size and poor direction, this whole window looks better for a flatwater paddle than catching waves. It's a normal quiet spell for this area. Don't hold your breath, but keep an eye out for forecast changes.

Rusty.

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