Spanish House Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s on offer. The Finder file kicks off on the 1st of August, so there’s no gap at the start – we’re straight into it. But I gotta be straight with you, looking at the whole 16-day window, there’s nothing that’s going to get the heart racing. The combined swell energy is really weak, sitting between 14 and 98 (that’s the low end of the scale, barely a bump). We’re talking tiny, short-period windswell, mostly from the east, and the winds are a constant mess – cross-off, cross-on, straight onshore, you name it. It’s a bit of a struggle.

Let’s break it down. The first few days, from Saturday the 1st through to Tuesday the 4th, we’ve got a pathetic little 1ft to 2ft of east swell, with periods of 7 to 9 seconds. It’s clean, but only because the wind is light or glassy at times, so the surface is tidy. The problem is the wave quality is rated as “poor” or just “surfable but very ordinary.” You might get a little knee-high bump on the Tuesday afternoon if the glass-off holds, but it’s not worth paddling out for.

From Wednesday the 5th onwards, things get uglier. The wind swings onshore from the east and southeast, blowing 9 to 12 mph, and the swell stays tiny and weak. The sea state is described as choppy or unknown. The combined energy never gets above 78, and most of the time it’s in the 30s and 40s. There’s a brief moment on Sunday the 9th morning where it goes glassy again, but the swell is only 2ft with a 7-second period – it’s a tease.

The biggest problem is Spanish House itself. It’s a sandbar, exposed to the NNE, and it’s “inconsistent.” The swell direction is wrong for most of the period – we need north-northeast, but we’re getting east and southeast. On top of that, it’s a beginner spot, and when the swell is this weak and the wind is this bad, you’re better off staying home.

There is no standout. Nothing. The best I can give you is a shrug. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, nothing weird there. If you’re desperate for a foamie roll, the Tuesday afternoon (4th) with glassy conditions and 2ft from the ESE might be the most ridable moment, but it’s a long shot. For the rest of it, it’s a 16-day blank run of poor conditions. This is pretty normal for the area when the swell is tiny and the wind won’t cooperate.

Rusty.

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