Whitby Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Whitby over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you – it’s a lean run. The whole sixteen-day window is pretty much a write-off for any decent waves. We’re lookin’ at a long gap with nothing worth paddling out for.

Right from the start, Sunday the 6th, we’ve got tiny 2ft swell from the north with a short 8-second period. The combined energy is weak at just 29, and that cross-off wind isn't doing it any favours. It’s just not gonna happen. This same sad story rolls right through Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th, with swell dropping to 1.0ft and 0.7ft. The water temp is sittin’ at 60°, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, but that’s about the only interesting thing going on.

We get a spike on Wednesday the 9th, with the swell jumping to 7ft from the north and a solid combined energy of 562. But here’s the catch – that’s a 7ft close-out with an 8-second period, and the wind is howling cross-shore at 22 mph. That’s gonna be a lumpy, choppy mess. Too big for beginners, and frankly, not much fun for anyone on a paddle board. That setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The afternoon drops to 5ft but the wind swings onshore, so it’s still poor.

From Thursday the 10th onwards, it’s back to tiny dribble – swell sizes between 0.3ft and 2ft all the way through to Monday the 21st. There’s a day on Monday the 14th where we get a super long-period groundswell of 14 seconds, but with only 0.3ft of height and a combined energy of 5, it’s barely a ripple. You’d have more luck in a bathtub. There are a few pockets of offshore wind, like on Monday the 7th afternoon and Thursday the 10th, but with no swell to work with, it’s just a glassy lake.

The second week is more of the same – flat. A few little bumps of 1.0ft and 1ft from the north, but nothing that’ll get your heart racing. Periods of strong offshore wind on the 12th and 21st are just gonna make it glassy and empty. With Whitby being a beach/pier break that’s fairly exposed to the north, we need a proper push of swell from the ENE to match that optimum direction, and we’re just not getting it. Crowds are often here, but with this forecast, you’ll have the place to yourself.

Bottom line: there are no good surf options in this sixteen-day window. It’s a dead run. But hey, this area can turn around quick – forecasts change, and it tends not to stay this poor for long.

Rusty.

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