Vero Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the menu for the Vero Beach Pier stretch. Gotta be straight with you – it's a lean spell.

We start off on Thursday the 6th with a bit of windswell, but it's messy. That ESE breeze is blowing right across the wave face, making things choppy and poor. The water is sitting at 82°, which is a bit colder than we'd normally expect for this time of year. Nothing to get excited about there.

The whole first week is a real struggle. Through Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th, we see a little bump in energy – the combined swell energy gets up to 257 on Friday afternoon, which is moderate, but that cross-onshore wind just ruins it. It's all short-period, 8 seconds or less, wind-driven chop. You'll be fighting a losing battle.

By Sunday the 9th, the energy drops right off to a weak 71, and it's a long, flat grind from there. We get a stretch from Monday the 10th right through to Tuesday the 18th of August where the waves are tiny – knee-high at best, with energy readings as low as 7. There are a couple of glassy mornings on the 12th and 14th, but with swells of only 1ft and 1ft, it's basically a lake. Not worth paddling out for.

Finally, we see a slight flicker of life around Wednesday the 19th of August. The swell picks up a touch to 1ft from the east with a period of 9 seconds, and the wind goes cross-offshore. That cleans it up. The combined energy climbs to a still-weak 54, but at least it's surfable, if very ordinary. The real standout – and I use the term loosely – looks like Thursday morning, the 20th of August. Glassy conditions, a 2ft east swell with a 10-second period, and a combined energy of 70. It's small, but it'll be clean and peeling a little better. Then Friday the 21st morning is also glassy with the same 2ft, 9-second swell. That's about the best we're going to get in this 16-day window.

So, to be clear, there are no real standouts here. The best on offer is that Thursday the 20th morning. Vero Beach Pier is a beach-and-pier setup, consistent, but with these tiny, weak swells, even the cleanest conditions won't give you much more than a knee-high ripple. The crowd factor is "sometimes," so you might have a few others out for the same scraps, but it won't be hectic.

It's a tough outlook. This area can go flat for stretches, and this is one of those times. Keep an eye on it, because forecasts can change, but right now, you're not missing much.

Rusty.

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