Sutton-on-Sea Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s be straight with you. I’ve had a proper look at Sutton-on-Sea over the next couple of weeks, and to be honest, it’s a bit of a cruel stretch. We’ve got a solid run of days where you’ll be staring at pretty flat, bumpy water. The swell energy barely gets its boots on, and when it does, it’s often short-period windswell that’s messy.

We’ve got nothing on the cards for a good chunk of the first week. The waves we see are tiny, mostly around 0.7ft to 3ft, and the wind is often working against us. You’ll see a few clean windows with offshore breezes, particularly the morning of Tuesday the 4th and the morning of Thursday the 6th, but the swell is just too weak to do anything with. The energy readings are in the low double digits or single figures, which tells you everything you need to know. It’s a paddling-around-and-enjoying-the-sun type of period, not a surfing one. The water’s a notable 68°F, which is 7°F warmer than the usual for this time of year, so a bit of a pleasant shock for the system, but it won't save the waves.

There’s a slight lift around Monday the 11th, with a bit more push in the water and some offshore winds in the morning, but we’re still looking at a small, inconsistent set of waves at around 2ft. The energy is still low, maybe 35 in the combined swell energy, and the period is short, so it’s going to be crumbly and weak.

The best of a bad bunch looks like Wednesday the 12th. It's still not big, but we've got a little more consistency to the north-northeast swell showing 2ft in the morning, and by the afternoon the wind is due to go completely glassy at 0 km/h with a period of 7 seconds. That glassy surface is pure gold, and if there’s any wave to be had, that’s the time to be on it. The energy is still pretty weak, reading 33 in the morning and dropping off in the afternoon, but you might pick up a little peel if you’re in the right spot.

The last week of the window gives us a few days of almost nothing. There’s a touch of swell around the 13th and 14th, but it’s coming from the east-southeast with a shockingly short period of 3-4 seconds, which is just wind chop with nowhere to go. The energy drops right off into single figures and then to zero. It’s pretty much a write-off.

So, there you have it. If you’re desperate for a paddle, the 12th afternoon is your window, but don’t expect much. This is a quiet spell for the UK coast, but these things never stay poor for long, forecasts change, so keep an eye on it. But right now, it’s a no-go for anything worth getting wet for.

Rusty

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