Ramsgate (The Wall) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your coffee and listen up. The forecast for our stretch of coast, specifically over at Ramsgate (The Wall), is a tough one to sugarcoat. We’ve got a solid 16-day window ahead, and honestly, for most of it, there’s just nothing doing. It’s one of those stretches where the ocean seems to have taken a rain check. We’re looking at a big gap of no surfable waves for a good ten to twelve days straight before we even see a hint of life.

The swell energy is just dead. We're talking readings of 0 to 17 for the combined energy of all swells directed here for the first week and a half. That is weak, poor, and not worth getting wet for. The waves that do show up are tiny, in the 0.7ft to 2ft range, with short, crumbly periods of 2 to 5 seconds. It’s just chop and bump. No push, no shape. The wind is mostly cross or onshore, chopping things up further, so even those small waves are messy. A few mornings have a cross-offshore breeze that cleans things up, but there’s no swell to ride. It's a whole lot of nothing.

The only bright spot, and I mean the only one in the entire 16-day stretch, looks like the morning of Friday the 28th of August. The charts are finally showing a little pulse of southwest swell, around 1.3ft. The period is still only 3 seconds, so it's weak and wonky. But the wind is forecast to be glassy, or a light easterly at 3 mph. That's the 'clean' window we've been waiting for. The swell energy is still a weak 3, so we're not talking about a day of barrels. It’s more about getting a few clean ankle-biters to yourself if you’re desperate. This is for the more patient surfer, an intermediate spot, and it won't be consistent, so you'll be doing a lot of waiting.

And that’s about it. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there. The Wall is a sheltered spot, but even it can’t make something out of nothing. It’s going to be a long stretch of flat, clean water. For the last week of the forecast, there are some strong offshore breezes, but again, with no swell to groom, it's just a windy ocean. If the wind stays strong and the waves stay this pathetic, the setup might honestly look more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer. Let’s just hope some longer period groundswell finds its way into the forecast before then.

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