Sutton-on-Sea Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at this stretch of coast.

Honestly, mate, it’s a rough run ahead. We’ve got a whole 16-day window staring at us, and the first real chance of anything worth paddling out for doesn’t show up until late in the piece. From now (Sunday 19 July) right through, it’s a long, flat, and messy grind. The swell is tiny, the period is short, and the wind just keeps messing with what little bump there is. For days on end, you’ll be looking at weak, choppy, cross-shore slop with combined energies barely reaching triple digits – mostly hanging around the 30 to 80 range. That is not surf, that’s just a washing machine.

Then we hit a proper dead zone. From late July right into the start of August, the numbers just drop off a cliff. We’re talking combined wave energies down to single digits – 1, 2, 3 – with swells so small you’d struggle to get a ripple. There’s even a morning on the 27th where the swell is completely flat. That’s a solid week of nothing worth mentioning. You’d be better off tuning the board.

Now, if you’re desperate and willing to wait, there is a glimmer right at the tail end of the period. On the morning of Wednesday 29 July, we finally get a pulse of swell that breaks the 3 ft mark – 3 ft coming from the north, with a period of 7 seconds. That’s nothing special period-wise, but it’s the first time the combined energy pushes past 100 (106 to be exact). The wind is offshore from the west at 25 km/h (which is about 16 mph), and the call is clean. That’s about as good as it gets. Sutton-on-Sea (United Kingdom) is where you’d want to be, though with a forecast like this and the spot being inconsistent, you’d be lucky to catch it and have a few clean shoulders to yourself. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual to report there.

After that morning, it drops back into weak, clean but tiny conditions, so that Wednesday morning is your only real standout in the whole outlook. It’s a long way out though – over a week away – so keep an eye on it, but don’t hold your breath.

This is one of those stretches where a blank run is more normal for the area. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s pretty grim.

Rusty.

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