Spring Lake Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, it's Rusty here. I've gotta be straight with you – the next 16 days at Spring Lake are looking like a real bust. The finder didn't turn up a single decent session, and I've been through every bit of the forecast. There's nothing on the cards worth paddling out for, so this is a classic case of "leave the board in the shed." It's a consistent sandbar, so this kind of blank run is a bit of a downer, but it happens. The good news is that forecasts can change, and it won't be flat forever.

Right now, through Sunday the 12th, we're looking at tiny, weak slop. Swell is barely 2ft to 2ft from the ESE and SE, with a short, gutless period of 5 seconds. The combined energy is weak (27 to 42), and with a cross-onshore breeze, it's just choppy and messy. Not worth a second look.

Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th are much the same. Swell drops to 1.0ft, but the period on Monday's SE swell stretches to 9 seconds, which is a bit more organised. However, the energy is still tiny (26 to 28), and the wind is either cross-onshore or cross-offshore. Tuesday afternoon sees a 3ft S swell with a period of just 4 seconds (energy of 51), but it's still poor.

Wednesday the 15th gets a little interesting, but still not good. The morning is clean with a light offshore wind from the W and a 1ft SE swell (9-second period, energy 20). The afternoon is better, with a moderate offshore wind (W at 12 mph) cleaning up a 2ft SSW swell. The period is still short at 5 seconds (energy 50), so it's not going to have any punch. It's clean, but the waves are just too small and weak.

Thursday the 16th through to the end of the month is a graveyard of tiny surf. The combined energy readings are almost all below 35, and the swell heights hover around 0.3ft to 1ft. There are a few glassy moments on the morning of Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th, with a 1.0ft SE swell and an 8-second period, but the energy is a pathetic 17. It's a millpond, not a surf break.

The only slight bump in the road comes late on Saturday the 25th of July, where we see a 3ft S swell with a 5-second period, pushing the energy to 68. But the wind is a moderate cross-onshore, making it choppy. Even then, it's a "poor surf conditions" call.

Look, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there's no standout session here. The best you could hope for is a clean, glassy morning on the 18th or 19th, but you'd be surfing ankle-snappers. It's a full 16-day gap with no real surf, so go find something else to do. The water temp is sitting at about 71°, which is right on the money for this time of year, so it's not even that.

Rusty.

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