Spring Lake Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, grab a seat. Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for Spring Lake over the next couple of weeks.

The word is, this is a quiet stretch. We're looking at a long, long gap with hardly a ripple worth paddling for. The water's sitting at a mild 73°, which is pretty much what you'd expect for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Look, I'll be straight with you: for the first nine days, from Thursday the 16th to Friday the 24th, it's a write-off. We're talking tiny, weak swells, or even flat spells with zero energy. The wind is mostly onshore, cross, or just messy. You'll see combined energy readings barely cracking 30, and often sitting in the single digits. That's not surf, that's a lake. Skip it.

There's a little flicker of hope on Saturday the 25th. The morning shows a bit of life – a 4ft swell from the ESE, with a period of 8 seconds. The combined energy jumps up to 228, which is the only real pulse of moderate energy in the whole window. The wind is a light, cross-off breeze from the north, which should keep things reasonably clean. Spring Lake is a sandbar, and it's consistent, so it might offer a few fun ones if you're a keen intermediate. But be warned, it's often crowded, so you'll have company. The afternoon turns choppy with a cross-on wind, so that window is tight.

After that, the energy drops away again. The 27th of July, a Monday, offers a moment of glassy conditions in the afternoon with a 3ft swell from the south, but the energy is weak (64) and the comment says "surfable but very ordinary conditions." It's something to bob around on, but nothing to write home about. The rest of the run into the end of the month is more of the same: small, weak, and not clean.

So, the standout? It's got to be that Saturday morning, the 25th of July. It's the only day with a sniff of decent energy and halfway decent wind. Don't expect perfection, but it's the best bet on a pretty bare calendar.

Rusty.

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