Spring Lake Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a good look at what's on the table for Spring Lake over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – this is a grim stretch. The data is showing a whole lot of nothing for the foreseeable future. We're looking at a solid gap of no real surf from now, right through most of the next two weeks. The first few days are a write-off, and the pattern doesn't offer much hope for a long time after that.

We’ve got a run of tiny, weak, and messy conditions. The water is currently sitting at 75°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that's a small comfort if you're just having a swim.

The first couple of days, Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st of July, are just poor. Swell is tiny, wind is onshore, and the energy is pitiful. The combined energy of all swells is only 6, so it's basically a lake. Tuesday afternoon sees a bit of a bump in height, up to 6ft, but it's a short-period, wind-driven 6-second SE swell with a combined energy of 201, and it's lumpy and messy. That's a write-off.

Wednesday the 22nd is flat. Zero energy. No swell.

We finally get a sniff of something on Thursday the 23rd. The morning shows a 5ft SSE swell at 9 seconds, with a combined energy of 281. On paper, that's moderate energy, and we have clean, cross-offshore winds from the NNW. That’s the best we’ll see. But even then, it's only a marginal forecast. The afternoon drops a bit to 4ft, and it's surfable, but very ordinary. If you're desperate, paddle out on Thursday morning.

After that, it's back to tiny, weak, onshore junk for the rest of July and into the first days of August. We're talking swell heights under 3ft, short periods of 7 seconds, and low energy (in the 40–80 range) with cross-onshore winds. It's just not worth wetting a suit for.

There's a tiny bit of hope on the 29th of July with a 3ft SSE swell at 9 seconds and 116 combined energy, but the wind is onshore. Not great.

Then we hit another flat spell from the 2nd to the 3rd of August. Nothing. Glassy conditions on the 3rd, but no swell to ride.

The very last entry, on Tuesday the 4th of August, shows a bit of a pulse. A 3ft SSE swell with an 8-second period, and the energy is 78. The wind is offshore from the W at 12 mph, which is clean. It's surfable, but very ordinary. That's the long-shot hope for the end of the run.

Bottom line: This is a tough outlook. Spring Lake is a consistent sandbar, but it just can't catch a break here. The only real window is Thursday morning, the 23rd of July. If you're a beginner, the biggest swell we see is 6ft, but it's such poor quality you wouldn't want to learn on it. If you're an expert, there's nothing to get excited about, either. The setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for most of this period.

Keep an eye on the forecasts, but I wouldn't be clearing my schedule.

Rusty.

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