Westport-The Corner Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's look at what's coming.

Honestly, mate, the next 16 days at Westport-The Corner (beach/jetty) are looking pretty average for a surf. There’s no one day that’s going to have you calling in sick. The pattern is mostly small, with a bit of a pulse mid-period, but the wind is never quite perfect. You’re looking at a long stretch of cross-shore breezes that’s going to keep things choppy or a little messy. For the first few days, from Sunday July 5th through to the start of the second week, it’s a real struggle – the scores are low, the energy is moderate at best, and the combo of size and wind just isn’t coming together for clean, lined-up waves.

Sunday July 5th kicks it off with a 4ft to 5ft swell from the WNW, period around 8 seconds. Combined energy is 372 to 515 (moderate). The wind is a problem – cross-shore and a bit gusty, so expect a slight cross-chop. Monday July 6th sees a jump to 5ft and the period stretches to 11 seconds, bringing more energy (696-710), but again the wind is cross and moderate, so it’s not clean. Tuesday July 7th drops back to 3ft and then 2ft, still on the cross-wind train. For the rest of the first week and into the second, the swell stays small to tiny – mostly between 2ft and 3ft – with a mix of cross and cross-onshore winds. The best of a pretty bad bunch might be Wednesday morning July 8th, with a light cross-onshore breeze and a 2ft SW swell (period 18 seconds), giving it a 2/10 score. That’s the best rating of the whole period, which tells you everything.

For a beginner-friendly spot that’s consistent, this is a real flat spell. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing wild. If you’re a beginner, the swell never really gets over 5ft, so it’s not too big, but the lack of quality and clean conditions makes it pretty uninspiring. Honestly, there are gaps of several days in the first week where I wouldn’t bother paddling out.

The period between July 9th and July 14th is particularly bleak, with energies dropping below 300 at times (very weak wave energy). Even the longer period stuff (14-18 seconds) that shows up on the 13th and 14th is on tiny 2ft-2ft waves – you’d be bobbing around more than riding. From July 15th onwards, we get a little flicker of life with a 3ft WNW swell on the 15th morning (energy 388), but it’s still described as poor surf conditions. The very end of the outlook, around July 19th morning, has a 4ft WNW swell with a light cross breeze and energy of 611 (moderate), which might be worth a look for a grovel session, but the wind is still cross.

Don’t get your hopes up for this one, lads. It’s a long dry spell for Westport.

Rusty.

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