White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s cooking for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you: this is a quiet stretch. We’re looking at a solid 16-day window, and honestly, there’s not a single standout session on the cards. The first half of the run is pretty much a washout for anything decent, and the second half doesn’t offer much to get excited about either.

We’re starting on Saturday the 25th of July with White Crest Beach (Wellfleet). The swell is tiny, only 2 feet from the SE with a short period of 7 seconds. The combined wave energy is weak (40), and we’ve got a cross-onshore breeze. The water is sitting at 66°, which is about average for the time of year. It’s poor surf, plain and simple.

Sunday the 26th is a little bigger at 3 feet, but the period is still short (7 seconds) and the wind is cross-onshore out of the NE at 12 mph. Energy ticks up a bit (121), but it’s still choppy and messy. Not worth paddling out.

Monday the 27th drops back to 2 feet, and the wind remains cross-onshore, just lighter. Energy is back down to 48. The conditions are poor again.

We get a small window on Tuesday the 28th morning. Swell is a mere 1 feet from the SE, period 8 seconds, and the wind goes light and cross-offshore, making it clean. The energy is still low (47), and while it’s surfable, it’s very ordinary. A 1/10 call. For a beginner, this might be the only time to get a tiny, clean wave, but it’s nothing to write home about.

From Wednesday the 29th all the way through to Sunday the 9th of August, it’s a long, flat, and poor run. The swell never gets above 4 feet, periods are mostly short (4-9 seconds), and the wind is almost always onshore or cross-onshore, creating chop. The energy only cracks 100 a couple of times, and even then, the conditions are messy. We see a few mornings with clean cross-off winds, but the swell is just too small to do anything with.

The only thing that even catches my eye is Friday the 7th of August morning. The wind is light offshore from the west at 9 mph, and conditions are clean. But the swell is a pathetic 0.7 feet from the ENE. The energy is only 18. It’s glassy, but there’s nothing to ride.

This is a tough one. The setup is more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer if the wind gets up, but for us wave chasers, it’s a blank run. Don’t get too down about it, though – the forecasts can change, and it tends not to stay this quiet for long.

Rusty.

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