Westport-The Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for Westport-The Cove over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, I've seen better outlooks. The pattern is pretty grim for the first week and a half. We've got a window of small, cleanish surf right at the start, but then it's a long, dry spell of mostly poor conditions with cross-onshore winds mushing up the swell. The good news is there's a late pulse of energy that shows up way down the line, but it's a long way off and the wind looks rough on it.

For the first proper session, let's look at Thursday morning, July 30th. The wind is a light cross-offshore breeze from the West, which will keep the 3ft SW swell clean. The period is a very long 16 seconds, so it's a proper groundswell with some real energy behind it (430). The water temp is sitting at 58°, which is about average for this time of year, so nothing unusual there. This is the best of the early window, but it's small – more of a longboard or a funboard kind of deal.

Then we hit a dry patch. After Friday morning, July 31st, which offers a tiny 2ft clean swell (328), the conditions just go south. From August 1st right through to August 11th, the forecast is a mess of poor surf conditions. The wind is almost always cross-on or onshore, and while the swell size bumps up a bit, the quality is shot. The waves are too short period and choppy for a decent paddle. With that strong onshore wind and a beach/jetty setup, the whole thing looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for a solid week.

The only real standout on the horizon is Wednesday morning, August 12th, but it's a long-range promise, so keep your expectations in check. The models are showing a 5ft swell from the WNW with a long period of 12 seconds. The combined energy is a whopping 1270, which is a serious amount of power. However, the wind is forecast to be cross-onshore from the WNW at 9 mph. That's a real bummer because it'll likely chop up what could be a great wave. For a beach/jetty, that long period can make it a bit straight, but with that much energy, the Cove might still have some juice. It's too big for beginners, that's for sure.

So, to sum it up: we have a few tiny, clean windows on the 30th and 31st, then a long, blank run of poor conditions, and finally a big, powerful but likely messy swell on the 12th of August. It's a tough one to call.

Rusty.

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