The groyne Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get into it. We're looking at The Groyne, and honestly, the next 16 days are a real mixed bag. The water is currently sitting at 69°, which is a bit colder than you'd expect for July—about a degree and a bit off the norm, so you might want a slightly thicker spring suit.

Right off the bat, Wednesday afternoon (8th July) is a write-off. It's raining, there's a strong cross-onshore wind, and the swell is a messy 7ft from the southeast with a moderate energy (1266). It's lumpy and poor.

Thursday (9th) and Friday (10th) are not much better. You've got moderate cross and cross-onshore winds, the swell is dropping, and the surf is either marginal or poor. Thursday morning sees a 5ft swell but with a cross-chop, and Friday morning has a bit more size at 6ft, but again, it's lumpy.

Finally, we get a little window on Saturday morning, 11th July. This is the best of a pretty average bunch. The wind goes light and cross-offshore from the SSW, cleaning things right up. The swell is a clean 3ft from the SE with a moderate period (11 seconds) and a low combined swell energy (229). It's not big, but it'll be clean, which is a huge positive after the last few days. This is the standout for the first week.

After that, Sunday (12th) and Monday (13th) see the swell drop out, with light offshore winds but wave heights under 3ft. It's surfable but very ordinary.

Then we hit a flat spell from Tuesday the 14th through to the start of the next week. The swell drops to 1ft, and there's simply no energy to speak of.

Things try to pick up again around Thursday the 16th and Friday the 17th, but the quality is questionable. The swell jumps up to 4ft on Thursday morning with a short period (5 seconds), and by Friday it's 8ft from the SE with a moderate period (9 seconds), but the wind is howling offshore at 15 to 28 mph. That much wind will make it a battle, even if the waves are clean. The energy is moderate (894) but the conditions are close to unsurfable for the average bloke.

The weekend of the 18th and 19th serves up some serious swell—up to 7ft—but it's accompanied by strong, lumpy cross-shore winds. That’s not surf; that’s a washing machine.

The final days, from the 21st onwards, look flat and poor.

So, for the whole 16-day window, there's really only one true standout: Saturday morning, 11th July. It’s the only time the wind, swell, and tide all line up for clean, if small, waves. Every other session has a catch—too much wind, too much chop, or not enough swell. The middle of the month has a solid 3-day gap with no real surf on offer.

Stick with Saturday morning if you can; anything else is a gamble.

Rusty.

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