Spanish House Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the table.

Alright, mate, I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough one. The whole 16-day stretch is a flat spell. There’s not a single session that I’d call good. The waves just don’t show up with any real energy, and the wind’s often messing with what little there is. You’re looking at a long gap of nothing from the start all the way through to the end of July.

The only break on offer is Spanish House, a sandbar setup that’s inconsistent and exposed to the north-northeast for swell, but the swell is coming from the south and east, so it’s not lining up. The water temp is 84°, which is about average for the time of year.

On Wednesday the 15th, you’ve got a tiny 1ft swell from the NE with a short period of 7 seconds – combined energy is weak (32). Wind’s light and cross, so it’s small and rippled. Not worth a paddle.

Thursday the 16th morning sees a cleaner look with offshore wind from the west and a 1ft ESE swell, 8-second period, but it’s just too small. The afternoon turns cross-onshore and cloudy.

Friday the 17th morning is clean with light cross-offshore wind, but again, 1ft swell. This pattern repeats for days. Saturday the 18th morning has a 2ft SSE swell with a 5-second period – that’s short-period, weak energy (27), and cross-offshore wind keeps it clean, but it’s tiny.

The whole first week is just these little pulses of weak energy (mostly in the teens and twenties) and nothing over 3ft. The afternoon winds are often onshore or cross-onshore, adding chop.

Into the second week, it stays flat. Monday the 20th, Tuesday the 21st, Wednesday the 22nd – all tiny, all under 3ft, with the combined energy never breaking 100. The only bright spots are a few clean mornings, like Wednesday the 22nd morning with a 2ft E swell and light cross wind, but the swell’s too weak to ride properly.

Thursday the 24th afternoon sees a 3ft SE swell with a 4-second period – very short period and onshore wind (71 energy), so it’s going to be choppy and messy. Not good.

The final few days, from the 25th to the 30th, are more of the same: tiny 1ft to 2ft swells, mostly from the east, with onshore winds most afternoons. The mornings of the 27th and 29th are clean with cross-offshore wind, but the swell is just too small to get excited about.

Right now, for this area, a blank run like this is more normal than not. It tends not to stay this flat forever, but for the next 16 days, there’s nothing to recommend. Save your energy, check the forecast another time.

Rusty.

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