Spring Lake Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Listen up, crew. Rusty here, and I've got to give it to you straight about Spring Lake. The next 16 days are a real mixed bag, and for the first five days, you can leave your board in the car. The surf is tiny and junky. After that, we get a few flickers of hope, but it's a waiting game.

The first real chance to get a wave under your feet isn't until Tuesday, July 14th. It's not a day to get too excited about, but it's something. The morning is the pick. We've got a 1.2m swell from the east-southeast, and the wind is light from the west-southwest, giving us a clean cross-offshore breeze. The water is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that's a plus. The combined energy is moderate (158), so there's enough push. The afternoon gets a bit choppy, so hit it early.

The next little window is on Wednesday, July 15th. The afternoon session is the go. The wind swings to the west-northwest, straight offshore, and it's a clean 0.8m wave from the east-southeast. The combined energy is weak (99), but that offshore wind will make it more fun than it looks on paper. It's surfable, but very ordinary.

Thursday, July 16th, has a tiny moment. The afternoon goes glassy, with no wind at all. The swell is a tiny 0.5m from the east-southeast, but it's clean as a mirror. The energy is weak (64), but it's something to sit on your board and look at.

Then we hit another flat spell. From Saturday, July 18th, through to Sunday, July 20th, it's basically a lake. The wind is clean, but there's no swell. The energy drops to almost nothing, hitting a low of 2 on Monday morning.

The best of the whole batch, if you can call it that, is the morning of Tuesday, July 14th. It's the only time we get a bit of size and clean conditions. The morning of July 15th is close, but the wave is smaller. After that, the next pulse of swell hits on Tuesday, July 21st. The swell jumps to 1.3m to 1.5m from the south, but the wind is straight onshore, making it a total mess. The combined energy is moderate (112-148), but with the wind howling onshore, it's a write-off for a clean surf.

Looking further out, Wednesday, July 22nd, has a bit of swell from the south-southeast, but the wind is lumpy and cross-onshore. Not good. Thursday, July 23rd, offers a tiny 0.4m clean wave in the morning, but it's a long way off and the energy is low (25).

The one standout? I'm going with the morning of Tuesday, July 14th. It's the only time we get a decent sized wave (1.2m) with clean, cross-offshore wind. It's not a classic, but it's the best of a bad lot. The downside is that Spring Lake is a sandbar, and with the swell coming from the east and the optimum direction being ENE, it's not a perfect match. The crowds are "sometimes," so you might have some company, but it won't be a zoo.

Rusty.

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