Zandvoort Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for us.

Straight up, this is looking like a pretty lean run for Zandvoort over the next couple of weeks. The swell is small, the wind is often messy, and the guidance pretty much tells the story – there aren't any standout sessions on offer. It's one of those stretches where you might be better off waxing the longboard and just going for a paddle, because the surf quality is going to be poor across the board. We've got a long gap of nothing worth getting excited about.

Right at the start, Sunday the 2nd of August, we've got tiny 1 ft swell from the NW with a short period. The morning is clean with a light cross-offshore breeze, but the energy is weak – only 8 on the scale. It's not going to get your heart racing. That afternoon the wind swings onshore and picks up, so it's a write-off.

Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th are even smaller, with swell dropping to 0.7 ft and 1.0 ft. The wind is a mix of cross and cross-on, and the energy is pitiful. It's just not happening.

Wednesday the 5th sees a tiny bump of 2 ft from the WSW, but it's short-period slop. The combined energy is still weak at 28, and the wind is a moderate cross-shore. It's not surfable in any meaningful way.

We stay small through Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the 8th. The swell hovers around 2 ft to 3 ft, but the wind is always cross-onshore or straight onshore, making for choppy, blown-out conditions. There's a bit more energy on Thursday the 6th with 45 on the scale, but it's all wind-slop. No good.

Sunday the 9th and Monday the 10th are back to tiny clean mornings with 1 ft and 2 ft swell, but there's just no push. The afternoons get messy again.

Now, there is one spike in the forecast that catches the eye, but it's a long way off. On Tuesday the 11th of August, we see a jump in swell to 6 ft from the NW, with a 7-second period. The combined energy jumps right up to 342, which is moderate to strong. But here's the kicker: the wind that morning is onshore and blowing 12 mph, and with that short period, it's going to be a messy, crumbly wall of whitewater. The afternoon drops to a still-on-the-bigger-side 5 ft, but the wind is cross-onshore. Given the poor quality and strong onshore wind, this stretch is honestly looking more like a setup for kite surfing than a proper paddle session. It's not beginner-friendly at 6 ft either.

Wednesday the 12th, we've got 4 ft swell but it's cross-onshore and choppy again. After that, from Thursday the 13th onwards, the swell drops right back down to 1.0 ft to 2 ft, with mostly onshore or cross-onshore winds. The last few days of the forecast, from the 14th right through to the 17th, are just flat and uninspiring.

For this spot, with the current forecast, the only time you might want to even look at the ocean is the morning of Tuesday the 11th if you're a beginner who doesn't mind messy, onshore wind, or if you're a kiter looking for some power. But for clean, surfable waves? This is a write-off for the next two weeks. Nothing is a standout here.

Rusty.

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