Sandy Mouth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee, because this one’s a bit of a downer. I’m Rusty, and I’ve been staring at the charts for Sandy Mouth, and honestly, there’s nothing to get excited about in the next 16 days. The whole stretch from now through the end of July is flat and messy. The water’s sitting at 64°F with a 4°F anomaly—that’s much warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least you won’t need a thick suit, but that’s about the only positive.

Let’s run through it. Thursday morning the 16th, we’ve got a tiny 0.7ft W swell, period 8 seconds, combined energy a measly 10. Wind is cross-off from the ENE at 9 mph, which would clean it up if there was any wave, but there isn’t. That pattern keeps going—Friday morning, 1ft from NNW with a 5-second period, cross-on wind, just a mess. Saturday the 18th sees a bit more height—2ft to 2ft—but still short period, and the wind is cross or cross-off, so the little bumps get chopped up.

Through the next week it’s the same story: swell heights between 0.7ft and 2ft, periods mostly 4–10 seconds, combined energy never cracking 100 until the tail end. Winds are a mix of cross, cross-off, and cross-on, which keeps the surface from ever glassing off. Even the long-period pulse on the 24th afternoon—0.7ft at 12 seconds—is too small to do anything, and the cross-on wind ruins it.

Around the 25th and 26th we get a bit more height—3ft to 3ft—but period drops to 6–7 seconds, winds are onshore or cross-on, and the combined energy climbs to 87 and 84, still weak. By the 31st morning, the energy finally hits 125, with a 3ft W swell at 9 seconds, but it’s cross-off from the north at 9 mph, which would make it clean if the swell had any power. But the period is short, and the afternoon turns cross-on again.

The bottom line: there’s no surf worth paddling out for at Sandy Mouth over this entire 16-day window. The break is consistent, yeah, but the conditions are consistently poor. It’s a proper flat spell. If you’re desperate, maybe a kite could work on the windier days, but for a surfboard, you’re better off waiting for a change. Forecasts can turn, but right now it’s a blank run.

Rusty.

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