Spanish House Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, I’ll be honest with you. I’ve had a proper look at Spanish House over the next 16 days, and it’s a tough stretch. There simply isn’t a good surf option on offer in the entire forecast window. Nothing is standing out, not even a brief blip of decent waves. The data shows a long, flat run of poor surf conditions right through to the 25th of July.

The first couple of weeks are dominated by tiny swell – we’re talking 1ft to 2ft waves at best, mostly around 1ft. The combined swell energy is consistently weak, sitting well below 100 for most of that time (e.g., 33, 30, 25), only occasionally nudging into the low triple digits later on (e.g., 62 on the 25th). That’s barely enough to get excited about on a good day, and the wind is rarely kind. We get a few windows of clean or glassy conditions – like the morning of the 13th with glassy conditions and the morning of the 16th with calm and glassy – but with those tiny, weak waves it just means flat and pretty.

The swell is a short-period 7 to 8 seconds, mostly from the ESE or NE. The break is exposed and its optimum direction is from the NNE, so we rarely get a swell that lines up right. The wave period is too short for any real power. The water temperature is sitting at 85°F with a tiny anomaly, so it’s about average for this time of year.

Given there is no decent surf for paddle surfing, and the swell remains insignificant with poor quality and often strong cross-onshore winds, this setup would look way more interesting for a kite surfer than a surfer for most of the period.

This kind of blank run is more normal for this area; the consistency is listed as inconsistent, so we’re not surprised, but it doesn’t make it any less frustrating. There’s simply no standout, no hidden gem, nothing to chase. Forecasts can change, but for now, you’d be better off just leaving the boards in the van.

Rusty.

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