Scratby Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for Scratby over the next couple of weeks.

Alright, mate, I’ll be straight with you – outlook for Scratby is a real bummer. There’s a massive gap right at the start with absolutely nothing worth paddling out for. We’re talking a solid week of tiny, weak, and often wind-affected slop. The first surf that even registers on the radar doesn’t show up until Saturday the 5th of September, and even then, it’s a bit of a mixed bag.

So, from now until the morning of the 5th, it’s dead. Nada. Zip. If you’re desperate, you might get a knee-high wobble, but the scores are all zeros. The wind is mostly offshore or cross-off, which is clean, but there’s just no swell to work with – the energy readings are pitiful (single digits and low teens), and the heights are scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Now, Saturday the 5th of September morning is the one to circle. The swell finally shows up, pushing about 5ft out of the NNW with a period of 7 seconds. The combined energy jumps to a solid 294, which is a proper kick of moderate wave energy. The wind is a cross-off from the NW, which will keep things clean. This is the only real highlight in the whole window. It’s a bit of a short-period swell, so it’ll be a bit lumpy and won’t have that long, drawn-out line, but for Scratby, this is as good as it gets. It’s a fairly exposed spot, so it’ll catch it. The water is sitting at 67°F which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, so you won’t need the thickest wetsuit.

The afternoon of the 5th drops off a bit to around 3.5ft, and then the rest of the second week is a slow fade back to tiny, messy junk with a lot of onshore and cross-shore wind. The Sunday the 13th and Monday the 14th see a pulse of easterly windswell, but it’s onshore and choppy, more of a kite-surfing breeze than a clean surf session. Bottom line: if you’re free on the morning of the 5th, go. Otherwise, save your energy.

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