Putsborough Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on offer for Putsborough over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, I’m scratching my head a bit here. The whole sixteen-day window is looking pretty flat and mushy. There’s no real surf to get excited about at all. Every single entry in the forecast is marked as “poor surf conditions,” and the scores are a big fat zero all the way through. It’s a tough run.

The only break the Finder flagged is Putsborough, which is a beginner-friendly, fairly consistent spot that’s fairly exposed to the swell. The optimum direction is from the WNW. The water temp is sitting at 66°F with a +4°F anomaly, so it’s much warmer than it should be for this time of year, which is a bit unusual but not a huge deal for a paddle.

Let’s run through it. The first real chance of anything is from Saturday, 15 August, but even then it’s a tiny 2ft swell from the W with a period of just 8 seconds, and the wind is onshore from the NW at 12 mph. The combined wave energy is a measly 47 – weak. It’s just not happening.

Sunday the 16th and Monday the 17th are even smaller, with 1ft and 2ft swells, but the wind is all over the place – cross-shore, cross-on, onshore. Nothing clean. The energy stays in the low double digits.

We see a slight bump on Tuesday the 18th morning: 4ft swell from the W, period of 6 seconds, but it’s cross-on from the WNW at 12 mph. The combined energy hits 142 – that’s moderate, but the quality is still poor. It’s choppy and lumpy. Same story for Wednesday and Thursday, with similar-sized swells and cross-on winds, energy in the 100-186 range, but the wind just ruins it.

From Friday the 21st onward, it drops right back down. The swell is tiny – 2ft, then 1ft, then 0.3ft for days on end. There are some clean mornings with cross-off winds from the ENE on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, but the swell is next to nothing, with periods up to 14 seconds. That long period (over 15 seconds? No, it’s 14 seconds – close but not quite the very long territory) on a beach break like Putsborough would just make it break straight anyway. The energy is in the teens, just pathetic.

The last few days of August show a tiny pulse of 2ft to 2ft from the W or WSW with periods of 8-9 seconds, and the wind is offshore or light on the 27th, 28th, and 29th. The energy creeps up to 75 at one point, but it’s still tiny. It’s clean, but you’d be lucky to get a rideable wave.

So, the bottom line: there are no standouts, no good options. It’s a blank run of sixteen days. For Putsborough, this kind of flat spell is more normal than you’d hope. The setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on the days with stronger cross-off winds and a bit of bump, but for a surfer? Leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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