Spanish Bay-South Moss Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for Spanish Bay-South Moss.

Straight up, the next week and a half is a tough slog. This is a break that’s exposed, but we’ve got a long stretch of poor surf conditions starting Sunday afternoon the 26th of July all the way through until the morning of Saturday the 8th of August. That’s a solid ten days of onshore wind and messy, low-quality waves. The wind is blowing onshore nearly the whole time, and the swell is a mix of short-period stuff that just isn’t going to line up. There’s a bit of a blip on the Friday the 31st of July afternoon and Saturday the 1st of August morning where the swell ticks over to a cleaner S direction with a 13-14 second period, but the wind is still onshore, so it’s a marginal call at best. You’d be better off staying home.

Now, the light at the end of the tunnel. We’ve got a standout window on Saturday the 8th of August. That morning, the stars align. The wind drops to glassy – absolute glass – from the NW at just 3 mph. The swell is a solid 6 ft from the NW, with a period of 10 seconds, producing good energy (873). This is a proper groundswell. The water temperature is sitting at 59°F, which is about standard for this time of year, nothing to write home about. The combination of that clean, offshore wind and a decent sized, long-period swell is going to deliver some of the cleanest waves we’ve seen in this forecast. The break is fairly consistent, so you’ll get plenty of sets. Just keep in mind that crowds are sometimes an issue here, so get out early. The swell is a bit over 5 ft, so it’s pushing into intermediate territory, but the clean conditions will make it manageable.

The Monday the 10th of August morning sees a bigger pulse of swell – 7 ft from the NW with an 11-second period and very strong energy (1253). That’s a lot of water moving, but the wind is cross-on, so it’s not going to be as clean as that Saturday glass-off. That’s a session for the experts only, given the size and the chop.

So, the pick of the whole 16 days is hands down Saturday morning the 8th of August. The rest of the second week is a write-off until that one morning. Get on it. After that, the wind turns a bit cross-on again, so the window is tight.

Rusty.

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