Ormond Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Yeah, look, I’m not gonna lie to you. The next couple weeks are looking pretty flat and ordinary around here. We’ve got a serious lull on our hands, mate. There’s no real standout swell coming, and the few bumpy waves we do see are mostly gutless and messy. Let’s walk through it.

We kick off Saturday the 12th of September with pretty much nothing. Ormond Beach Pier is seeing a tiny 2ft swell from the ESE, but it’s short-period at 8 seconds and blown out by a 20 km/h cross-shore wind. The combined energy is a weak 88, and it’s just poor conditions. No point even looking.

Sunday the 13th is even smaller – 2ft from the east, period bumping up to 9 seconds. The morning goes glassy with no wind, which is nice, but there’s just no energy to work with. Combined energy is only 41. The afternoon turns into a cross-shore mess again. Not worth it.

Monday the 14th is more of the same. A glassy morning with 2ft east swell, energy at 39, but it’s just flat mush. Afternoon gets a little bumpy with cross-onshore wind.

Tuesday the 15th we drop to a pathetic 1ft. Honestly, you’d be better off doing something else.

Then on Wednesday the 16th we finally see a pulse – 5ft from the NE, but the period drops to a short 7 seconds, and it’s onshore wind at 20 km/h. Combined energy hits 237, but it’s choppy and sectiony. Not the kind of wave that’ll have you smiling. Still rated as poor surf conditions.

Thursday the 17th isn’t much better – 4ft NE swell, 8-second period, onshore and bumpy.

From there it just fades away again through the rest of the week and into the second week. We’re talking 1ft, 1.0ft, even 0.7ft on some days. There’s a few mornings with glassy or light offshore winds, like Sunday the 20th morning is dead flat and glassy, but there’s just no swell. A couple of afternoons around the 21st and 22nd see clean conditions with cross-offshore winds, but the swell is so tiny it’s basically flat.

The only flicker of something is Wednesday the 23rd afternoon – we get a 2ft NE swell, 8-second period, with a light offshore wind from the SSW at 10 km/h. It’s clean. Combined energy is 55. The notes say “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” so technically it’s the best of a bad bunch, but that’s not saying much.

After that, it’s back to tiny, weak, and mostly onshore through to the end of the period on Sunday the 27th. That last day shows a 3ft NNE swell with a 6-second period but 20 km/h onshore wind. Combined energy is 94, but it’s just messy.

So, bottom line: there’s no good surf in this 16-day window. It’s a long, flat run. Keep the board in the car, but don’t hold your breath.

Rusty.

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