Roads End Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let me level with you about Roads End. The next couple of weeks look pretty flat and uninspiring for most of it. There’s no real big swell to get excited about, and the wind’s gonna be a nuisance more often than not. We’re looking at a long stretch of small, choppy, and generally messy conditions, so don’t expect any magic right now.

Looking at the first few days, it’s a bit of a write-off. That south-facing Roads End (California) isn’t picking up much. The water is a chilly 52.3°F with a much colder than normal anomaly, so you’ll want the thickest wetsuit you’ve got. A small, long-period groundswell on Friday morning, 0.9m or about 3ft from the WNW (17 seconds) has some decent energy (571), but the wind is light and cross-onshore, and the wave comment calls it “marginal,” so don’t get your hopes up. Saturday through Monday stays small with 4.6 to 5.6ft of short-period, weak NW windswell hitting during a cross-shore breeze. It’s going to be bumpy and pretty average.

We hit a slump from Tuesday the 21st into the next week. The swell drops right off, dropping to 2.3ft on Tuesday morning, with energy levels falling into the 300s and 400s. The wind is mostly cross or cross-onshore, keeping things chopped up. This stretch just isn't worth paddling out for.

The best you are gonna see in this entire outlook falls on the weekend of the 25th and 26th of July. It’s not big, but things change up. A new, longer-period SW groundswell starts to show. Saturday morning is only 1.6ft, but the period is a very clean 22 seconds and the energy is moderate (552). The wind is light and cross-onshore, which keeps it clean. It picks up through Sunday with 2.6 to 3ft from the SW at 19 to 20 seconds and decent energy in the 600s. The cross-shore wind will keep the surface okay. It’s not the highlight of the year, but it’s the best we’ve got on offer. The long period means it’ll be best at the reef, so it might offer some cleaner lines.

Things go back to the usual small, cross-shore NW windswell for the last week of July and into August. The energy stays moderate, but the period drops and the winds stay messy. It's not going to be worth getting excited about.

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