Westward Ho Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Westward Ho! has in store for us over the next couple of weeks.

Straight up, I gotta be honest with you – this is a tough stretch. We’ve got a solid two-week run of flat to tiny, weak swell and tricky winds before anything worth getting wet for shows up. For the next two weeks, you’re looking at ankle-biters, knee-high slop, and mostly choppy or blown-out conditions. The water is feeling mighty weird too – when we finally see a pulse on Friday 24th July, the water temp is sitting at 64°F, which is a whopping 4°F warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s notable, no doubt about it.

From Friday 10th July right through to Wednesday 22nd July, it’s a desert. Swell heights are stuck between 0.3ft and 3ft, and the wave energy is pathetic – mostly double-digit readings in the weak range. A few mornings do offer clean, offshore winds, like Saturday 11th July morning with a 16 mph easterly offshore, but the swell is only 2ft. That’s a good day for a longboard or a paddle, but there’s no push. The surf quality scores are all zero across this whole period.

We get a little bump around Monday 20th July with a 3ft NNW windswell, but it’s messy and choppy under cross-onshore winds. Then on Wednesday 22nd July, the swell jumps to 6ft, with energy climbing to 291 (moderate), but it’s still a cross-shore mess and described as poor. Thursday 23rd July holds 5ft with light cross-shore winds, but the period is short at 7 seconds, and it’s messy.

Now, here’s the standout – and it’s a big one, but it’s a long way off. On Friday 24th July, we’ve got a serious groundswell hitting. The morning sees an 12ft W swell at 10 seconds, and by the afternoon it’s 13ft from the west at 11 seconds. The combined energy goes nuts: 2549 in the morning, 3988 in the afternoon – that’s very strong. And the wind? Clean, cross-off from the SE at 16 mph. This is a proper heavyweight session. But let’s be real – 13ft is way too big for beginners, and at this break, even experts will be charging. Westward Ho! (North Devon) is a beach break, and with that long period (11 sec) it might be walled up and tricky. This is a day for the brave.

After that, things drop back down. Saturday 25th July has 8ft but with a poor quality score of 2 and onshore winds, so not one to mark on the calendar.

So the bottom line: if you’ve got patience, wait for Friday 24th July. That’s the one day the ocean wakes up. Everything else is a flat spell or a kitesurfing cross-chop. Forecasts can change, but right now, this is a waiting game.

Rusty.

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