West Shore Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let's get into it. We've got a mixed bag on the horizon for West Shore Beach. The first decent surf shows up on Wednesday, July 29th, with a clean 4ft east-southeast swell rolling in. The morning is the pick with a light cross-offshore breeze making for some tidy lines and a combined energy sitting at 514—that's a solid moderate pulse of power. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, so nothing freaky there. The afternoon session gets a bit mucked up with a cross-on wind, but the morning is where you want to be. Thursday the 30th still has some waist-high swell around 3ft, and the morning looks clean again with that west-northwest breeze. After that, things get a bit small and scrappy through Friday and into the weekend, with dropping swell and inconsistent energy. The combined energy dips below 200, and the waves are pretty ordinary. The wind does turn offshore on Saturday, August 1st, but the swell is tiny—only 1.0ft to 1ft—so it's a longboard-only kind of day, if anything. The real standout comes on Thursday, August 6th. That morning session is the one to circle on your calendar. Swell jumps to 5ft out of the southeast, with a very long period of 16 seconds—that's proper groundswell, folks. The combined energy hits 1179, which is a strong pulse. The wind is a clean cross-off, and the report says excellent conditions for experienced surfers. That's because 5ft with that long period will have some punch, and it's going to be a bit much for beginners. The wave will be more powerful and might stand up a bit too fast for a beach break, but for those who know what they're doing, it's going to be pumping. The following morning, Friday, August 7th, is also a beauty—the wind goes glassy, and there's still a clean 3ft southeast swell with 275 combined energy. That's a great window for a more relaxed session before the surf drops off again. After that, we hit a dry spell. From Saturday, August 8th, all the way through Thursday, August 13th, the waves are poor, small, and onshore. The combined energy is mostly below 100, which is weak. It's a real blank run, and honestly, for this area, that's not unusual when the wind clocks around to the northeast. The swell is tiny and the conditions are messy. There's nothing to get excited about. So, in a nutshell: the best windows are the morning of Wednesday, July 29th, and the morning of Thursday, August 6th. The 6th is the true standout for experienced crew. The 7th morning is a good bonus session. The rest of the outlook is a waiting game.

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