Out Front Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming our way. Gotta be straight with you – it’s not looking like much of a summer stretch for Out Front. This is a sandbar setup, exposed, best with a swell from the ESE. But we’ve got a long, flat spell to get through before anything even thinks about showing up.

For the first few days, it’s a total write-off. Wednesday the 8th through most of the following week is just poor surf with tiny, weak windswell. The energy is barely registering – we’re talking combined swell energy of 42 (weak) on Wednesday morning, dropping even lower. Winds are messy and cross-shore, and the waves are just small, choppy slop. Not worth paddling out for.

We finally see a little pulse of energy arrive around Monday the 13th. The combined swell energy climbs to 112 (moderate) that morning, with a 4ft swell from the E at a short, weak 6 seconds. But the wind is a fresh cross-onshore at 19 mph, making it lumpy and poor. That afternoon is similar, 4ft and still choppy. The same story continues into Tuesday the 14th – the energy jumps to 290 (strong) as a 5ft ESE swell rolls in, but it’s cross-shore wind and the report says poor conditions. That’s a lot of energy wasted on messy surf.

Wednesday the 15th has a small window of cleaner conditions in the morning – light cross-shore breeze, 3ft ESE swell at 8 seconds – but the energy is only 66 (weak) and the surf is still considered poor. Honestly, nothing here is worth a special trip.

The best of a bad bunch might be Thursday morning the 16th. There’s a risk of thunderstorms, but a gentle cross-offshore breeze from the WSW should keep it clean. The swell is a weak 2ft from the S at 6 seconds, energy just 56 (weak), and it’s described as “surfable waves but very ordinary”. It’s a 1/10 score, so temper your expectations. For a beginner-friendly sandbar, this is about as good as it gets in this run, but it's still pretty flat.

The rest of the forecast is more of the same – tiny, weak, and messy. Wednesday morning the 23rd shows a glassy 0.7ft swell from the E at 8 seconds, but that’s not enough to ride.

So here’s the truth: there are no standouts. The only half-decent moment is that Thursday morning the 16th, and even that is a stretch. For an exposed sandbar like this, a long run of poor conditions is pretty normal. It’s a waiting game. Forecasts can change, but right now, leave the board at home and maybe take a kite if the wind gets up. The water temp is about average for July, nothing unusual there.

Rusty.

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