Damp Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Well, folks, it’s Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you – the next couple of weeks are looking mighty flat for Damp. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing coming up, so don’t bother waxing up just yet.

Right from the start, the beginning of July is a total write-off. We’re looking at a clear run of poor surf conditions right through Friday the 3rd, all the way to Thursday the 9th. The wind is howling offshore most days, but there’s simply no swell to work with. It’s clean, sure, but it's as flat as a pancake. The combined energy of all swells is a big fat zero. You’d be better off finding a lake.

We finally see a tiny pulse on the morning of Friday the 10th of July, but it’s barely a bump. The swell is coming from the north at a meagre 1 ft with a period of 3 seconds. The energy is so weak it’s barely registering at 2. Still, the wind goes glassy in the afternoon, so if you’re desperate for a knee-buster, you might find a dribble. But honestly, it’s still poor surf conditions.

After that, we drop right back to nothing. Saturday the 11th through to Tuesday the 14th is another blank run of flat, choppy water and onshore breezes. There is no surf to speak of.

Things start to look a tiny bit more interesting around Wednesday the 15th of July. The swell finally shows a pulse from the east, pushing 2 ft by the afternoon with a period of 4 seconds and a combined energy of 5. The wind is a clean cross-offshore from the northwest, and it’s the same story into Thursday the 16th, where we see the biggest swell of the whole stretch: 2 ft from the east with a period of 4 seconds and energy hitting 10. We get moderate offshore wind from the west-northwest, so conditions are clean.

Even then, I can’t call this a standout. It’s still poor surf conditions according to the data, and the waves are small, short-period, and weak. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing special.

The final few days fizzle out again. Friday the 17th offers a tiny 1 ft bump before going glassy and flat, and Saturday the 18th is just onshore junk. All in all, we’re looking at a full 16-day stretch with zero decent surf. If you’re a kite surfer, the strong, clean offshore winds we had in the first week would have been a blast, but for a paddle surfer? It’s a total bust.

Rusty.

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