Spanish House Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this stretch of July is looking flat and pretty grim for Spanish House. The finder is calling it poor surf conditions across the entire 16-day forecast, and the numbers back that up. The swell is tiny, the period is short, and the wind is often messy. The combined wave energy is weak, never breaking past 100, and mostly sitting in the teens and twenties – that’s barely a ripple. There’s no standout day, no hidden gem, just a long stretch of small, bumpy junk.

The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual there.

The action starts on the 14th of July with a tiny 1ft ESE swell at 8 seconds. The morning has a light cross-offshore wind, so it’s clean, but the energy is a measly 16 – it’s barely a shorebreak. That afternoon, the wind switches onshore and it’s over. This pattern repeats for days. The next three mornings – the 15th, 16th, and 17th – offer clean conditions with offshore or cross-off winds, but the swell is stuck at 1ft to 1ft, and the period is a short 6 to 8 seconds. The energy never tops 33. You could paddle out on a foamie, but you’d be waiting a long time for a ride.

The 18th of July afternoon sees a bump in swell to 2ft, but it’s a short-period 4-second SE windswell, and the wind is howling cross-onshore at 15 mph. That’s choppy, messy, and just poor. The 19th afternoon is similar. We get a few days of light wind and clean conditions on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th mornings, but the swell is still 1ft to 2ft with 8-second periods. The energy is slightly better, up to 33, but it’s still not worth a drive.

The final few days see a slight increase in energy, with the 27th of July morning showing a combined energy of 100 (still moderate) and a 3ft swell, but it’s a 9-second period and the wind is onshore. The setup is just too small and too inconsistent to get excited about. The break is a sandbar and is inconsistent, so a blank run like this is more normal for the area.

Honestly, if you’re desperate for a paddle, the cleanest windows are the mornings of the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 22nd of July, but with tiny swell and short period, don’t expect much. For the rest of it, the beach is likely more interesting for a kite than a surfboard.

Rusty.

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