Vero Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next 16 days are looking pretty flat for the Vero Beach Pier area. We’ve got a long stretch of tiny, weak surf. The combined swell energy is low, mostly reading in the teens and twenties (16 to 87), which means there’s just not much power in the water. The best you can hope for is a knee-high dribble, and even then, the wind is going to be a major factor.

First up, this Sunday morning, July 19th, we’re looking at a tiny 1 ft SE swell with a poor 4-second period. The wind is a cross-shore from the SSE at 9 mph, which is just going to mess up what little is there. Combined energy is a weak 16. It’s poor.

Moving into Monday, July 20th, the morning brings a clean, glassy look with a light S wind, but the swell is only 0.7 ft from the E. That’s basically nothing. The afternoon picks up a little to 3 ft, but it’s a short-period SE windswell with a cross-onshore breeze, making it choppy and junky. Not worth paddling out for.

The rest of the week through to the end of July is more of the same. We get a few clean mornings with light offshore or cross-offshore winds, but the swell is stuck between 1.0 ft and 2 ft from the east. The period is short, mostly 8 seconds or less. The combined energy never gets above 87, and that’s on the afternoon of Saturday, July 25th, which is also a stormy, choppy mess. There’s just no push.

The best-looking conditions come on the morning of Monday, July 27th and Tuesday, July 28th. The wind goes glassy – dead calm – and the water is clean. But the swell is still a pathetic 2 ft from the east with an 8-second period. You’ll be scratching for anything. The combined energy is only 35 and 42, respectively. It’s the cleanest it will be, but there’s nothing to ride.

The last week of the forecast, from July 29th into early August, we see a consistent offshore wind from the WSW at 9-12 mph, which is great for a clean face. But the swell stubbornly stays at 1 ft with an 8 to 9-second period. The energy is low, in the 20s and 30s. It’s a classic case of “clean but tiny.”

So, the honest truth? There are no standouts here. No day where you can get excited. The swell is too small, the period is too short, and the energy is too weak to form any real waves. If you’re a beginner, the water is warm and the conditions are clean on a few mornings, but the waves are non-existent. For anyone else, it’s a bust. This is a blank run for the Vero Beach Pier. The forecast can change, but right now, we’re in a flat spell.

Rusty.

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