Sebastian Inlet-Third Peak Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on offer for Sebastian Inlet-Third Peak over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough one. The surf forecast looks pretty bleak for the whole 16-day window, so don't get your hopes up for any kind of epic session.

Right from Wednesday the 22nd of July, we're looking at tiny, weak surf. The swell energy is barely registering, just (18) early on, and it never really gets going. The waves are coming in from the East at a short, weak period of 8 seconds, and heights are only 0.3m, which is about 1ft. The wind is cross-shore, so it's not helping the quality at all. It's just poor surf conditions.

This flat spell is gonna drag on for days. We move through Thursday and Friday with nothing worth talking about – the waves stay tiny, the wind stays messy, and the energy values are stuck in the low double-digits. Saturday the 25th morning has a little light wind from the SE at about 3 mph, but the swell is still 0.7m, around 2ft, of junk. It’s just not happening.

The water temperature is sitting at 83° which is about normal for the time of year, no big anomaly there, but with no waves it doesn't really matter.

Even the cleaner windows we get, like Monday the 27th morning with a light offshore breeze, still only offer 0.4m (1ft) of weak, short-period swell. The energy is a pathetic (19). We get a few patches of clean conditions, like on Tuesday the 28th morning with a gentle SW offshore at about 9 mph, or Wednesday the 29th morning with the same deal, but it's all on flat, tiny surf. The swell height never gets over 0.8m (3ft) for the entire outlook, and most of the time it’s below 0.5m (2ft). The combined swell energy stays weak, rarely topping (80).

Further into the first week of August, we see the same story: knee-high or smaller dribble, with short periods and very low energy values dropping as low as (4). The wind is sometimes offshore, but it's blowing over absolutely nothing. This is a classic summer flat spell in these parts – a blank run is pretty normal for this area right now.

Honestly, there are no standout sessions. There is no surf worth paddling out for. The setup is so poor, with the weak waves and light winds, that if you're desperate for something on the water, this looks more interesting for a flat-water paddle than a surf. Hang in there, forecasts can always change, but for now, this is a total write-off.

Rusty.

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