Afife Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you – the next couple of weeks for the surf out at Afife are looking pretty grim. We've got a long stretch of nothing much happening, with the first decent spell not showing up until Sunday the 12th, and even then it's nothing to get too excited about.

The main issue is the wind. For the most part, it's either cross-on or just plain messy, making it hard to find any clean, rideable waves. The swell is small and the energy just isn't there. The water temp is sitting at 61°F, which is a bit colder than what we'd normally expect for this time of year.

Let's run through it. From now through Saturday the 11th, it's a total write-off with poor surf conditions. The combined swell energy is weak, sitting around 90 to 163, and the waves are tiny. The period is short, so there's no real punch.

Sunday the 12th is the first morning you might see something half-decent. The morning shows a 3ft swell from the WNW with a 9-second period, and the wind is a clean cross-off from the SSE. The combined energy is moderate at 110. It's described as "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," so don't expect a classic. The afternoon gets messy again with a cross-on.

Then we fall back into a hole. Monday the 13th through to the start of the following week, it's all small and junk. The swell drops to 1.0ft and 1ft, and the wind is almost always cross-on or cross-shore. The energy values are weak, under 100.

The next small window appears on Monday the 20th of July. The morning looks okay with a 5ft swell from the NW at 8 seconds, but it's still a "marginal" call. The wind is a light cross from the south, so it's not ideal, but it's the best we've seen for a while. The combined energy is moderate at 259. The afternoon gets messy again.

The absolute standout, if you can call it that, is Tuesday the 21st of July. The morning is glassy, with a 2ft swell from the WNW at a longer 10-second period. The wind is glassy, absolutely flat calm. The combined energy is moderate at 130. It's small, but it will be clean. That's your best bet for a paddle, but you'll be hunting for scraps.

Overall, the pattern is clear: we're in a flat spell. The forecast is solid for the near term, and it doesn't look like it's going to change drastically. For a consistent spot like this, it's a bit of a bummer, but it happens. Keep an eye on the Tuesday morning glass-off, but don't hold your breath.

Rusty.

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