Redcar Scars Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. I'm going to be honest with you. Looking at the next 16 days over at Redcar Scars, it's a real struggle. This reef is mostly inconsistent, and the forecast is givin' us a whole lot of flat days. We're looking at a long stretch of poor conditions. There's a big gap from now until the 23rd of July before we even see the first recommendation, and even then, it's not good.

We start off on Thursday morning, the 23rd of July. The swell is tiny at 3 ft from the NNE, but it's a weak, short-period 6-second wind swell, barely pushing any energy (57 on the combined energy scale). The wind is glassy, which is a nice start, but the waves just aren't there. It's a "poor surf conditions" call, and I can't recommend it.

Thursday afternoon... still no good. The swell drops to 3 ft, and the wind turns cross-onshore. It's a bust.

Friday the 24th, the swell bottoms out. It's 2 ft in the morning, then 1 ft in the afternoon. The wind is clean, cross-offshore, but with these tiny waves, it's just not worth the paddle. You'd be fighting for a ripple.

Saturday the 25th is a write-off. The swell is next to nothing, 0.7 ft and 0.3 ft. The wind is howling at 22 mph in the morning, making it clean but too blown out for any real surf. It's a flat day, plain and simple.

Sunday the 26th, the swell tries to show a little life, 2 ft in the afternoon with glassy wind, but it's still not enough. The energy is pathetic (27). It's a no-go.

We roll into Monday the 27th. The swell is back up to 3 ft from the N, with a slightly better 8-second period. The energy picks up to 97, which is the highest it gets, but it's still weak. The wind is cross-offshore and clean. If you had to paddle out, this would be the best of a bad lot, but it's still only 3 ft. It's a "poor surf conditions" call.

Tuesday the 28th, the swell drops again to 2 ft, and the wind is offshore in the morning, which is clean. But the swell is too small.

The rest of the week and into the second week is a desert. From Wednesday the 29th all the way through Friday the 7th of August, we see a parade of tiny 0.7 ft to 1 ft waves, with only a couple of sessions hitting 3 ft or 3 ft, but those are accompanied by cross-onshore or onshore winds that absolutely ruin the quality. The energy readings are all in the teens, twenties, and thirties, which is terrible. The water temperature on the 23rd was 59°F, which is pretty much average for the time of year, so no surprises there.

So, the honest truth is this: there is no standout. There is no best session. The entire 16-day window is a blank. If you're a beginner, most of these tiny swells under 5 ft are fine from a size perspective, but the quality is so poor it's not worth it. For the rest of us, it's a time to check the forecasts again, or maybe take up a different hobby. It's a tough run for Redcar Scars, but that's how it goes sometimes.

Stay safe out there.

Rusty.

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