Airports Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ over the next few weeks at Airports. I’ll be straight with you – the first week is a bit of a flat, frustrating affair. There’s some swell around, but it’s weak and the wind is mostly cross or cross-on, making it messy. The water is a warm 86°, which is about what you’d expect for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The first real session that gets my blood pumping is Monday morning, 20 July. The wind goes glassy, and we’ve got a clean 2ft groundswell from the SSW, with a very long period of 16 seconds. The combined energy is moderate (445). It’s small, but those long-period lines will be clean and lined up. By Monday afternoon, it improves to 3ft with a 15-second period, and the energy picks up to 552. That’s a solid, glassy session for the intermediate crew. Tuesday morning 21 July is dead flat calm, with 3ft of swell, but still glassy – great for a longboard.

Now, for the real standout. Thursday 30 July. The swell builds to 5ft from the SSW, with a very long period of 21 seconds. The combined energy is a strong 2573 – that’s proper groundswell power. The wind is light and cross-off in the morning, so it’ll be clean. This is only for experienced surfers, as it’s a steep, powerful reef wave. The long period will make it wall up perfectly at this reef break, but it’ll be a bit of a paddle out between sets. It’s the best on offer, no question.

Crowds are “sometimes” an issue here, so you might have a few out, but with that kind of quality, it’s worth it. The break is fairly consistent, so you can trust it to deliver.

The rest of the second week sees small, inconsistent swell with variable wind, nothing that’ll get you out of bed. Just keep your eye on that 30th.

Rusty.

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