13th Ave South Surfside Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, let's get honest about the next 16 days. It’s a lean, mean stretch with hardly anything to get wet for. The first surfable-looking window doesn't even show up till Saturday the 25th of July, and even that is a dud. The whole run from late July deep into the first week of August is marked by "poor surf conditions" with no standout swells. It's one of those blank spells that just wears you down.

13th Ave South Surfside is the only break in the game. It's an inconsistent, beginner-friendly exposed beach break. Winds are mostly cross-onshore or junk, and the swell is tiny. The wave energy is weak right from the start. The first session on Saturday afternoon, 25th July, shows a 1ft SSE windswell at 8 seconds, combined energy of just 19. That's not a wave. Water temp is a warm 84°, with a 1° anomaly – pretty average for July.

Sunday the 26th is more of the same: 1ft, 8-second SE swell, with cross-shore winds in the morning killing any chance of a shape. On Monday the 27th, we finally get a glassy morning with a slight air and offshore NNW breeze, but the swell is still a pathetic 1ft at 8 seconds from the SE (combined energy 16). It's clean, but there's nothing to ride.

Tuesday the 28th morning drops to 0.7ft from the ESE with cross-onshore winds – flat. The afternoon brings a bump to 3ft from the south, but it's a 4-second windswell with moderate cross-onshore winds, making it choppy and messy. Combined energy hits 29, but it's still poor.

Wednesday the 29th morning offers moderate offshore winds from the NNW, but again, only a 1ft SSW swell at 6 seconds – clean, but tiny.

Thursday the 30th sees the swell edge up to 2ft from the south at 7 seconds with clean conditions and light cross-offshore winds – combined energy 31. That's the best we've seen, but it's still barely a ripple.

From Friday the 31st through the weekend, it's onshore winds and tiny, choppy junk. Saturday the 1st of August brings a 2ft SE swell at 7 seconds with moderate cross-onshore winds (combined energy 55). It's a mess.

The only moment that gets my attention is Monday the 3rd of August afternoon. The swell jumps to 5ft from the south at 6 seconds, with combined energy hitting 249 – the biggest swell of the whole period. But the wind is cross-onshore at 12 mph, making it a choppy, poor-quality closeout. For a beginner spot, 5ft is getting too big, and with that short period and onshore wind, it's a total disaster for a paddle board. If you're kiting, maybe, but for surfing? No way.

After that, it fades back to tiny (1ft to 3ft) junk through to the 9th of August. The last few days, like Sunday the 9th morning, offer clean conditions with cross-offshore wind and a 2ft SSW swell at 5 seconds, but the energy's gone (combined 35). The consistency just isn't there.

So, there is no true standout. The best on offer is the clean, glassy window on Monday morning the 27th of July, and the biggest but ugliest swell on Monday afternoon the 3rd of August. Neither is worth a paddle. For a spot like this, where the only break is inconsistent, a long stretch of poor conditions is more normal than a surprise. It tends not to stay flat forever, but this window looks bleak.

Rusty.

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