Terry s Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Gotta be straight with you—the next two and a bit weeks are looking flat out terrible for Terry's Cove. I've scanned every day from now through the end of the month, and there isn't a single session worth paddling out for. Not one. The swell is either non-existent or so weak it's barely a ripple, and when there is a little push, the wind is usually chopping it up or blowing straight onshore. It's a grim stretch, plain and simple.

The first few days are an absolute write-off. We're looking at nothing but poor surf through Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th, with the odd knee-high slop that's not worth the wax. The water temp's sitting at a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, around 87°, which is slightly above average, but that's about the only highlight. Monday the 17th has a brief pulse of 2ft at 3 seconds from the southwest, but that's just windswell junk with a moderate cross-shore breeze—total mush. The combined energy is weak at 9, and it's going to look more like a washing machine than a surf break.

From Tuesday the 18th through the following week, we're stuck in the same pattern. The swell stays ankle-biting, mostly under 1ft, with periods bouncing between 3 and 6 seconds. The mornings occasionally look clean with a light cross-offshore breeze, but there's simply no wave to ride. The afternoons are consistently ruined by moderate cross-shore or cross-onshore winds. The energy readings barely climb into double digits—mostly single or low double-digit values like 5 or 9—confirming how weak everything is. It's the kind of stretch where you'd be better off checking the tide charts for a beach walk than bothering with your board.

The one faint glimmer comes on Wednesday the 26th. The morning has a light offshore breeze from the north and a cleaner look, with a little 1ft southeast swell at 6 seconds. The combined energy finally pushes up to 8, which is still weak, but it's the most organized it's been. The afternoon sees the same 1ft south-east groundswell with 9 energy, but a gentle cross-onshore kicks in and messes with the surface. Still, even that's rubbish—the period's short, the size is barely above flat, and it's not going to be worth the paddle. After that, it fades back into nothing.

The long-range stuff into the 30th isn't any better. The swell stays micro, the wind stays messy, and there are no standout days. Honestly, this is a two-week-plus drought, and with Terry's Cove being a sandbar that's fairly consistent at times, it's just a painful reminder that when it goes flat here, it can go flat for a while. Keep the board in the car, maybe find something else to do, and hope the forecasts change, because right now there's nothing to get excited about. This setup isn't even any good for kites—too weak for that too.

Rusty.

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