Sutton-on-Sea Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let's have a look at what's on offer for the next couple of weeks. I'll be straight with you, it's a tough one.

The whole 16-day window is a bit of a struggle, to be honest. There's no real punch in the water. We're looking at a long stretch of minimal activity, so don't go getting your hopes up for anything epic. The first few days have practically nothing, and it stays that way for a good while.

Sutton-on-Sea is the only spot in the frame, and it's a notoriously inconsistent beginner-friendly beach. The water's a balmy 65°F, which is a good 6°F warmer than normal for July – very unusual. That's about the only thing that's out of the ordinary.

Let's break it down. Thursday the 23rd of July is a write-off: tiny 2ft swells from the north-northeast with a weak energy (35) and a short 7-second period, plus a cross-onshore wind. It's a poor surf day. Friday the 24th is cleaner with a light offshore on the morning, but the swell is even smaller at 2ft. Saturday the 25th has a fresh offshore breeze, but the swell is virtually non-existent at 0.7ft. This pattern of tiny, weak swell just keeps going.

We get a tiny blip on Monday the 27th of July with a 2ft north swell and a combined energy of 50 – still weak, but it's the most energy we see for a while. The wind is cross-offshore, so it's clean. But it's still a wave for a longboard on a good day, not a stand-out.

The rest of the first week and into the second week is a desert. Tuesday the 28th, Wednesday the 29th, all tiny. Thursday the 30th, Friday the 31st, Saturday the 1st of August – all the same story. There's a moment on Sunday the 2nd of August where the wind goes offshore again, but the swell is a pathetic 0.3ft. It's not even worth the paddle.

The only faint glimmer of hope comes on Monday the 3rd of August, where we see a 2ft north swell push in, but it's crossed up with a light wind. Then on Wednesday the 5th of August, the morning looks best with a moderate offshore wind and a 2ft north-northeast swell, with a combined energy of 42. That's actually the "best" we've got, but it's still a very small wave. The afternoon is cleaner but the swell is the same.

The truth is, there isn't a single standout session in this entire forecast. The surf is consistently poor, the swell heights are tiny, and the energy is always in the low double digits. For a beach break like Sutton-on-Sea, with no real swell direction and very short periods, it's just not going to offer anything worth getting excited about.

This is a classic quiet spell for the area. It tends to go flat like this, and we just have to wait for the next weather system to shake things up. For now, the only thing that looks interesting is the water temperature. The surfing? Leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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