Akabane Long Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, looking at what we’ve got on the menu for the next couple of weeks at Akabane Long Beach. It’s a bit of a strange one to be honest.

Right off the bat, there’s pretty much nothing doing for the first three days. Saturday and Sunday (the 4th and 5th of July) are looking flat and pretty average with tiny little 1ft waves and messy wind. You’d be wasting your time paddling out, so keep the boards in the car for now. That run of poor conditions stretches through Monday, too, with a bumpy 6ft to 6ft from the ESE but cross-onshore wind just making a mess of it. Don't bother.

We finally get a sniff of something real on Tuesday, 7th July. Morning session is the clear standout of the entire run. A beautiful 4ft groundswell from the SSE, paired with a glassy offshore light breeze from the NNW. Clean lines, excellent shape, and the water temp is sitting at 74°, which is a bit colder than usual for this time of year – a solid 3° below average. The combined energy is pumping at a healthy 1022 (moderate to strong energy). Conditions are clean and that 4ft is a pretty ideal size for an intermediate crew. The catch? The swell period is a very long 14 seconds, and this being a beach, that long period groundswell can sometimes make waves a bit too straight-fast here. But on the clean morning glass, I’d still be out there. The afternoon turns choppy, so hit it early. No standout after that until the following week, really.

From the 8th through the 11th, this place gets absolutely hammered. Swell heights surge from 10ft up to a huge 13ft from the S and SSE with extremely long periods around 16-18 seconds. That’s pumping out massive energy (five-digit numbers like 9139 and 7402), but there’s a big issue. Those enormous combination swells are just way too big for this break – it’s expert-only territory. The same cross-onshore wind (ESE to SE) isn't helping either, so overall, despite the swell, it's not for the faint-hearted or the regular punter.

The next potential highlight comes a week later on Sunday, 12th July. The morning cleans up with a glassy offshore from the WSW, a manageable 8ft swell from the SSW and about 3482 combined energy. Glassy, clean, and way more inviting than the monster days before. If you’re an experienced surfer, you’ll want to get a dawn session in before it gets chopped up by afternoon onshores. Then Monday the 13th morning sees a couple of small, clean waves at 5ft and 723 energy, with a cross-offshore breeze giving it some shape – a solid option if you missed the window on Sunday. The rest of that week drops back into tiny, weak surf, so don’t get your hopes up past that.

The standout of the whole outlook is Tuesday morning, 7th July. Get the glassy morning with a fun-sized 4ft SSE groundswell and clean offshore wind. That’s the wave to chase. The backup pick would be Sunday morning the 12th for the bigger, clean 8ft swell, but only if you’ve got the experience and a bigger board. No other sessions are worth the drive.

Keep your wetsuit zipped when it's flat, and remember – forecasts can always shift, especially that deep into the second week. For now, target the 7th.

Rusty.

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