Scarborough Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get real about the next couple of weeks here at Scarborough Beach (Maine) .

Honestly, mate, the news isn’t what any of us want to hear. Looking at the whole 16-day window, this stretch is pretty flat and pretty grim for a paddle. There are absolutely no standout sessions on offer. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and mostly messy surf ahead.

We start off with Wednesday, July 29th. There's a little bump of swell coming in at 3 ft from the SE, but the period is short at only 5 seconds. That’s windswell, not groundswell, and the wind is a moderate onshore breeze from the ESE at 12 mph. The combined wave energy is weak (61), and the call is poor surf conditions. The afternoon only gets a little bigger to 4 ft but the wind is still onshore, so it stays choppy.

Thursday the 30th sees the biggest combined energy of the whole forecast, hitting 326 early, but the swell is a messy 4 ft from the SE with a short 7-second period. It’s cross-shore with a cross-chop. The afternoon cleans up with a cross-offshore wind from the NNE at 16 mph, dropping the swell to 4 ft from the ESE, but it’s still not enough to get excited about.

From Friday, July 31st, the swell drops off hard. We’re looking at 2 ft or less all the way through. The wind tries to help out here and there – there are a few clean, glassy windows on the morning of August 4th with a light cross-offshore wind, and again on the morning of August 7th when it goes totally glassy with calm winds. But the problem is the swell just isn’t there. The energy numbers drop into the low teens and single digits.

That glassy session on Friday morning, August 7th, is about the most promising thing, with a 3 ft swell from the South and a 5-second period. It’s tiny, but if you’re on a foamie or a longboard and just want to feel the ocean without a fight, it’s something.

From August 10th onward, it’s essentially flat. Swell heights drop to 0.3 ft and 1 ft. There’s a brief moment on the morning of Wednesday, August 12th, where the wind shifts offshore from the WNW at 12 mph and the swell is 1 ft from the ESE, which is clean, but again, there’s no power behind it.

For this region, a blank run like this isn't unusual for the summer lull. It tends not to stay this poor forever, and forecasts can change, but right now, the best advice is to save the wax and pick a different hobby for a week or two.

Rusty.

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