Spanish House Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’m gonna level with you—this forecast for Spanish House is a tough one to write. It’s a sandbar setup that’s exposed to the NNE, which is a tricky direction here, and it’s inconsistent as it gets. We’re staring down a 16-day window with almost nothing to get excited about. The first few days are a write-off, and honestly, it’s not until the second week that we even see a flicker of something worth paddling out for.

Starting from Thursday the 30th of July, it’s all small, weak dribble. Thursday afternoon has a tiny 1ft easterly swell with a short period of 9 seconds—combined energy of just 17 (weak). The water’s sitting at 82°, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year. With a cross-off breeze, it’s clean, but there’s just no power. Friday the 31st is even smaller, 0.7ft, and the wind is offshore in the morning, giving clean lines, but again, it’s barely a ripple. Saturday the 1st of August keeps the pattern: 1ft to 1ft, short period, clean but gutless. The energy readings are all in the teens and twenties—this is lifeless.

Sunday the 2nd actually sees a bump in size, up to 2ft, but the wind swings around to a cross-shore and then a fresh cross-onshore, making it lumpy and choppy. Combined energy creeps up to 44 (weak), but the quality is gone. Monday the 3rd of August is the first day we get a “surfable but very ordinary” rating—2ft from the ESE at 8 seconds, with a combined energy of 50 (still weak). The morning is clean with a cross-off breeze, and the afternoon has a moderate offshore wind, so it’s the best of a bad bunch. But mate, 2ft of short-period slop is not a standout.

From Tuesday the 4th right through to Thursday the 14th of August, it’s the same story: tiny swell heights between 1ft and 2ft, periods mostly 7–8 seconds, and combined energy that never breaks 50. The winds are all over the place—cross-off, cross-on, onshore—and the wave comments are almost all “poor surf conditions.” There’s a glimmer on Thursday the 13th of August morning, when we get a glassy 1ft ESE swell—absolutely flat calm, but still only 1ft. Then on Friday the 14th of August morning, we get a 1ft swell from the ENE with a period of 11 seconds, which is groundswell, and a light cross-off wind. Combined energy is 33 (weak). That’s a long period for such a small wave, so it’ll be clean but super inconsistent.

There is no standout in this window. The whole 16 days is a flat spell with no real surf on offer. If you’re desperate, the cleanest days are the 3rd of August morning or the 13th of August morning, but you’ll be on a 1ft to 2ft wave. For a beginner spot, it’s not too big, but it’s so weak and inconsistent you’ll spend more time sitting than surfing. This is a blank run, and for this area, that’s not unusual. Forecasts can change, but right now, I’d leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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