Surf Forecasts:
Scratby surf forecast from 25 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 1 Aug, 7AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period, E swell with 40 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Scratby this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Scratby in the next 16 days are 0.9m 5s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 01) at 7AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 5s period and expected on Monday (Jul 27) at 1AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7AM (Sat 1st Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 5s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Scratby over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, I've scanned the charts for the next sixteen days at Scratby, and, to be blunt, it's pretty grim. Every call comes in as a zero on the rating scale, and that tells the story. There's wind, sure, but no real swell energy to work with.
For a start, the water's at 66°F, which is way warmer than it should be for this time of year, so you can ditch the wetsuit top, but that's about the only gift we get. Saturday the 25th is a dead loss: 1ft of tiny 5-second windswell from the NNW, with barely any energy behind it.
We roll through Sunday the 26th and Monday the 27th, and it's the same tune: little 0.7ft to 1ft dribble with weak energy numbers. There's a brief window on Monday afternoon, the 27th, where the wind goes glassy from the ENE, and the swell bumps to 2ft with combined energy at 25, but the period is a lousy 5 seconds. It'll be a little, clean, knee-high slosh, but that's the highlight of the first week. And that's a low bar.
From Tuesday the 28th right through to the end of the first week and into the start of August, nothing changes. Swell heights hover between 0.7ft and 3ft, periods rarely hit 8 seconds, and the energy figures are stuck in the weak range. We get a 3ft bump from the SE on Wednesday the 29th afternoon, but the period collapses to 4 seconds, so it has absolutely no grunt.
The second week, from Sunday the 4th of August to the end on Friday the 9th, is a frustrating rerun. Knee-high or smaller, short-period, weak slop. We even get a 30 km/h offshore wind on the 9th, but it's blowing over 1ft of nothing. It's clean, but you can't ride clean air.
For a beach break like Scratby, you need a proper groundswell with good period, or at least a strong windswell with clean angle. We get none of that. The swell direction is mostly out of the north and northwest, which isn't the best for the spot, and the energy is just gone. If you've got a kite, those fresh offshore winds on the 9th might look good, but for a surfer, this is a total dead spell. This kind of blank run happens here sometimes. It's just the way it goes. Keep an eye out for changes.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun morning, calm by Mon afternoon). | Days 5-7 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed night, min 18°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NW 5 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 5 | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | N 9 | N 10 | SE 4 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | NNW 4 | N 4 | NNW 8 | E 4 |
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 kJ | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 39 | 32 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross | cross | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 6:00PM2.04m | 6:27AM2.08m | 6:53PM2.08m | 7:14AM2.19m | 7:42PM2.12m | 7:56AM2.32m | 8:27PM2.16m | 8:34AM2.46m | 9:07PM2.19m | 9:09AM2.59m | 9:45PM2.21m | 9:40AM2.68m | 10:20PM2.21m | |||||||
Low Tide | 1:08AM0.85m | 1:35PM0.77m | 1:54AM0.75m | 2:20PM0.60m | 2:32AM0.64m | 2:59PM0.43m | 3:07AM0.55m | 3:36PM0.27m | 3:40AM0.48m | 4:11PM0.13m | 4:14AM0.43m | 4:46PM0.04m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — |
 | 8:57 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:51 | — | — | 8:50 | — | — | 8:47 | — |
mm | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
Feels °C | 24 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NW 5 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 5 | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | N 9 | N 10 | N 10 | SE 4 | SE 4 | N 9 | SSE 5 | N 4 | NNW 8 | N 8 |
| kJ | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 39 | 32 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 5 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 6 | SSE 4 | — | S 4 | — | — | N 8 | — | S 4 | N 8 | N 9 | — | — | N 9 | ENE 5 | NNW 4 | — | N 8 | — | — |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 4 | 2 | — | 5 | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 6 | N 10 | — | — | — | — | S 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 9 | — | — | S 4 | — | — |
| kJ | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | WSW 3 | WNW 3 | NW 5 | NNW 5 | — | — | — | SSE 4 | SSE 3 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SW 3 | NW 4 | E 5 | NNW 4 | — | ENE 2 | E 4 |
| kJ | — | — | 3 | 6 | 42 | 32 | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 22 | — | 1 | 22 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 383 | 489 | 503 | 660 | 470 | 216 | 180 | 163 | 163 | 209 | 195 | 163 | 264 | 163 | 388 | 179 | 389 | 428 | 572 | 475 |
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