Staithes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, listen up. Rusty here, and I've got to be straight with you – the surf outlook for Staithes over the next sixteen days is nothing short of a full-on bust. If you're after a paddle, you're looking at a blank run from now all the way through to the end of August. That's the entire forecast window with nothing that comes close to being worth a look. The swell runs tiny, the energy is feeble, and what little bump there is gets slapped around by choppy wind. It's a proper dry spell.

Let me walk you through it, but brace yourself. It starts off flat and stays flat.

Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th offer nothing but 1.0 ft to 1 ft of weak, short-period slop from the north. Combined energy is a pathetic 10 to 32, with light onshore and cross-onshore winds. It's terrible. Monday the 17th stays tiny at 1.0 ft, but the morning goes glassy – for a moment you might think something's in the air, but no, the swell is gutless with just 10 units of energy. Total dud.

The midweek picks up a little, but it's still no good. Wednesday the 19th sees the swell peek at 4 ft from the northwest, and the energy jumps to 119 – the highest of the window. But the period is a pitiful 5 seconds. That's pure wind chop, and even though the wind is cross-offshore and the water is clean, the wave quality is still rated as poor. The water temp is about 61°, which is pretty normal for this time of year. Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st see the swell get a bit bigger, with 3 ft to 5 ft from the north-northeast, but again the period is short at 5 to 8 seconds. The winds are cross-onshore and choppy, making a mess of it. The energy climbs to 235 then 333 on Friday, but with the onshore wind Friday afternoon, it's not surfable.

The weekend of the 22nd and 23rd holds similar 5 ft to 5 ft slop, still short-period, still onshore or cross-onshore winds. Saturday morning sees 12 mph cross-onshore winds and a choppy mess. By Sunday afternoon, the swell drops back to 3 ft. The next week just fades away into nothing. From the 24th to the 30th, it's all 0.7 ft to 4 ft of junk, with fresh to moderate cross-onshore breezes or onshore winds. Combined energy drops to single digits by the 29th and 30th. Honestly, it's bleak.

I cannot point you to a single standout session. There is no diamond in this rough. This is just one of those extended lulls the area gets. Don't bother loading the boards. The setup is so poor and choppy that if you absolutely have to get on the water, you're honestly better off with a kite than a paddle – at least you'll get some fun out of the wind.

Rusty.

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