Spew Pits Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey crew, Rusty here. Let me tell you, looking at the next 16 days at Spew Pits, it’s a tough watch. There’s nothing worth paddling out for at the start, and the whole period is just small, weak, and messy. The only flicker of energy pops up in the second week, but the waves stay poor and nothing comes together.

It starts Friday, 3 July, with a 5ft north swell pushing through on a short 9-second period. The wind is cross-onshore, so the surface is choppy and the combined energy is a moderate 334 – but it’s sloppy. By Saturday and Sunday, the swell drops to 4ft and then 3ft, and the energy falls to 310 and 140. The wind stays cross-onshore or on the cross, so no clean lines.

Monday the 6th through Thursday the 9th is just flat and weak – swell heights of 1ft to 2ft, periods of 5-6 seconds, and energy in the teens and twenties. The water temp is 71°, right on average for the season, but it’s dead.

There’s a little stretch from Friday 10 July to Sunday 13 July where the wind turns cross-offshore, and it’s clean. But the swell is pathetic – 1ft to 2ft – with energy barely hitting 64. You might find a tiny waist-high slosh on the right tide, but it’s a gamble.

The only real bump comes around Wednesday 15 July, when the combined energy jumps to 128 with a 4ft north swell. But the wind is cross, the period is a weak 6 seconds, and the conditions are “poor.” Wednesday afternoon has a clean cross-off breeze, but the swell is already fading to 4ft with 109 energy. If you’re itching, that Wednesday afternoon might give you a few clean but weak and mushy walls – nothing special, but the cleanest of a sorry bunch.

Thursday the 16th through Saturday the 18th sees energy drop below 100 again, with more clean wind but tiny 2ft to 2ft swell and short periods. Saturday the 18th has a moderate 101 energy with 2ft out of the west-northwest, but it’s a fresh 19 mph cross-off breeze – the waves will be weak and blown out.

Honestly, it’s a long, dry spell. A few clean windows in the second week, but no power, no punch. I’d keep an eye on the forecast – it rarely stays this bad for long.

Rusty.

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