Spanish Bay-South Moss Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright mates, Rusty here with the rundown for Spanish Bay-South Moss. Gotta be honest, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for decent surf. There’s a whole lot of poor conditions and messy wind that’ll keep you on the beach more than in the water.

The main story is a lot of offshore wind, which sounds good, but the swell and wind state just can’t get their act together for clean waves. It’s a long stretch of nothing special.

The first real option is on Monday, July 13th. You’ve got surf around 4ft coming from the NW with a 9-second period and combined energy of 465 (moderate). But the wind is a light cross-onshore, making it bumpy. The report says ‘marginal surf forecast or questionable tide conditions,’ so don’t get your hopes up.

Then comes the dead zone. From Tuesday morning, July 14th, all the way through to Thursday, July 23rd, it’s all ‘poor surf conditions.’ We’re talking up to 5ft of short-period NW windswell, but with moderate to fresh WNW winds blowing onshore or cross-onshore. It’s just choppy and horrible. Even when a long-period groundswell shows up on July 17th (3ft, 17 seconds, energy 721), the wind tears it apart. If you’re into kite surfing, the chop and wind might be your thing, but for a regular surfer? Stay home.

The next chance shows up on Thursday, July 24th. A new S swell rolls in at 3–4ft with a 13-second period and combined energy around 577–682 (moderate). Wind is light WSW at 6 mph, but still cross-onshore. The report still calls it ‘marginal surf forecast or questionable tide conditions’ – barely worth a look.

Now, here’s the one you need to mark on your calendar, but it’s a long way out. Saturday morning, July 25th, the S swell is still hanging at 3ft, 13 seconds, but the combined energy jumps to a solid 1042 (strong). The wind is light WNW at 6 mph and *offshore*. That’s huge – clean, glassy faces. If the tide is right, this is easily the best session of the outlook. Spanish Bay-South Moss is an advanced, exposed spot that can get crowded sometimes, but with that S swell and offshore wind, it could be magic.

The rest of the month is more of the same. July 26th bumps up to 5ft from the NW with light cross-onshore wind – still marginal. July 27th and 28th bring bigger NW swell but with moderate onshore winds and poor quality. Not worth the drive.

My call? Skip everything before July 25th. That Saturday morning is your only real standout – clean, offshore, strong energy from the south. It’s far off, so treat it as a promising possibility, but it’s the one bright spot in a pretty dull forecast.

Rusty.

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