The groyne Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let's talk about what's on offer at The Groyne.

Honestly, the next week and a half looks pretty bleak. We are staring down a long, dry spell with no real surf to speak of until we get into the second week of August. The only window that even looks close to worth a paddle is a brief moment on the morning of Wednesday, July 29th. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing special there.

That Wednesday morning, we’ll see a tiny pulse of 3ft swell from the east, but with a short, weak period of only 6 seconds. The combined wave energy is a weak 64. The wind is looking good though, with a light offshore from the WSW, so the surface should be clean. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. The afternoon turns onshore and messy again.

Then we sink back into a long stretch of poor, choppy conditions. The wind is mostly cross or cross-on, and the swell is a jumbled mess of short-period wind chop. A few days in early August have some size, like Saturday the 1st pushing 5ft, but the wind is cross-on and the period is rubbish, giving it a combined energy of 255 – moderate but ugly. The Groyne is a reef, but with these short-period, onshore slop waves, it's going to be a washing machine. Honestly, for much of that first week, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The only glimmer of hope is a long way off. On the morning of Tuesday, August 11th, we get a clean window with a light offshore wind from the NW. The swell is tiny at 1ft from the east, but with a period of 9 seconds, it's got a bit more shape to it. It's a long-range call, so keep your fingers crossed, but it's the only morning in the entire 16-day outlook that looks like it could offer a clean ripple.

So, the standout is the morning of Wednesday, July 29th, for the offshore wind, not the waves. And the one to watch is the morning of Tuesday, August 11th, but don't get your hopes up too high.

Rusty.

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