Spring Lake Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks. Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Spring Lake has cookin' for us over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you, it's a bit of a quiet stretch.

We're in for a long dry spell. There’s not a single moment in the entire 16-day window where the surf is worth paddling out for. Every single entry in the book shows "poor surf conditions," and honestly, looking at the numbers, I get it. The swell is tiny, and the wind is rarely our friend.

Right now, Sunday the 5th of July, we’ve got a weak, short-period swell, barely 1 ft from the southeast with a period of 8 seconds. The combined energy is just a measly 25 (weak energy), and there's a cross-on breeze mucking it up. The water is 74° — that's much warmer than normal for this time of year, a real anomaly of 5°, which is nice for a swim, but not for riding waves.

We’ll see the swell try to pick up a little around Tuesday the 7th, hitting 3 ft from the east, but it’s still a super short 6-second period with moderate cross-shore winds. The combined energy creeps up to 103 (moderate energy), but the quality just isn't there.

The whole second week is more of the same: tiny waves, poor conditions. There's a brief moment on Friday the 10th where we get a clean offshore wind from the WNW with a 10-second period, but the swell is a pathetic 1.0 ft. It's clean, but there's nothing to ride. The same goes for Monday the 13th — clean offshore wind, but the swell is just too small or disorganised.

To be honest, this is one of those stretches where the lake is just flat as a pancake. There are no good options. If you're desperate, maybe bring a kite, because the wind we've got will be more interesting for that than for paddle surfing. We just have to wait for the forecasts to change, because it can't stay this poor forever.

Stay patient.

Rusty.

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