Wembury Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it for our local stretch. To be honest, the next couple of weeks are mostly a write-off for anyone looking for a proper surf. We’ve got a long, dry spell of poor conditions staring us down, so don’t get your hopes up too early.

Right now and for the first week, it’s grim. Starting from Saturday the 25th, we’re looking at small, weak, and messy conditions at Wembury. This is a point break that’s exposed to the SW. The water is sitting at a balmy 67°F, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, about 5°F above average.

Saturday the 25th afternoon we’ve got a tiny 2ft swell from the west with a short, weak period of only 4 seconds, and a fresh cross-offshore wind out of the WNW at 19 mph. The combined wave energy is a paltry 16 – pretty much nothing. You’d be bobbing around on a lake, not surfing. It stays poor through Sunday and Monday, with the swell barely cracking 4ft and the wind staying fresh or moderate. The energy levels stay low, in the double digits (55, 31, 21). The surf quality is marked as poor across the board.

Tuesday the 28th and Wednesday the 29th are even worse. We’re talking knee-high slop at best, with swell heights dropping to 0.3ft or 0.7ft, and onshore or cross-onshore winds making it choppy. Energy is down to single digits (4, 5, 7). It’s not worth paddling out.

There’s a tiny tease around Friday the 31st morning – glassy conditions with a light air and a 1.0ft swell – but the period is still short at 7 seconds, and the combined energy is only 10. It would be a fun float if you had a longboard and zero expectations, but there’s no power.

Into the first weekend of August, Saturday the 1st sees the biggest swell of the period so far at 4ft from the SW, but it comes with a moderate onshore breeze (16 mph) and a short 5-second period. The combined energy hits 81, which is still weak, so it’ll be lumpy and crumbly. Sunday the 2nd and Monday the 3rd are small and clean, but again, tiny: 3ft and 1ft with cross-off winds. Fun for a beginner, but nothing to get amped about.

Now, the one standout in this whole 16-day window is Tuesday morning, August 4th. This is the best on offer. We’ve got a 4ft swell from the WSW with a 7-second period, but here’s the kicker: the combined swell energy jumps to 239 (moderate energy), and the wind is completely calm with glassy conditions. That’s rare. The water temp anomaly is not recorded for that slot, but the conditions will be clean and the surf quality is marked as “expect good surf conditions.” It’s a point break, so with that period it should line up nicely if the swell direction holds. Keep in mind, though – this is over a week away (8 days), so treat it as promising but not locked in. The afternoon turns onshore and messy again, so make the morning session your target.

After that, it’s back to the doldrums for the rest of the period. From Wednesday the 5th right through to Sunday the 9th, we’re looking at tiny waves (0.3ft to 3ft) with cross, cross-onshore, or cross-off winds. The energy stays low, in the single digits and low teens. The best you’ll get is some clean conditions on the 9th with 3ft to 3ft from the west, and a moderate cross-off, but it’s limp.

Honestly, for most of this, the set-up is more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer with those onshore winds and smaller, weak swell. Don’t write the whole period off, but bring the longboard or your patience.

Rusty.

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