Amaralina Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Amaralina. This is one of those stretches where the ocean just doesn’t want to play ball. We’ve got a 16-day window ahead, but honestly, the first week and a half is a write-off for any decent surf. The swell is there, but the wind is constantly messing it up, and the quality is just not there. It’s a tough run.

We start off on Wednesday, July 29th, with some rain showers and a weak, short-period swell from the ESE at 2ft, with a period of 6 seconds. The wind is cross-off in the morning, but it’s still just poor surf – the energy is weak (58). Thursday and Friday aren’t any better; we’re looking at tiny, weak waves around 2ft to 2ft, with the wind turning cross-on and onshore, making it a complete mess. This is a solid week of nothing.

Then we hit Saturday, August 1st, and the swell finally bumps up a bit. We’re looking at 5ft from the ESE with a 7-second period. But the wind is a solid 16 mph cross-onshore, creating a moderate chop. The combined energy is now moderate (244), but the conditions are still poor. This pattern of increased swell but poor wind continues right through to the end of the first week and into the second. Sunday, August 2nd, sees 6ft, but again, cross-shore winds and chop. It’s frustrating.

The real glimmer, and I mean the only real standout, comes on Thursday, August 6th, in the morning. The wind drops to nothing – absolute glass. For a moment, it’s clean. The swell is a modest 3ft from the SE with an 8-second period. The combined energy is moderate (199). For a beginner-friendly spot like Amaralina, which is exposed to the south, this is about as good as it gets in this period. It’s a small window of clean, surfable waves, but it’s still just ordinary. The water temperature is sitting at 79°, which is about average for this time of year.

After that, the wind comes back on. Friday, August 7th, has a clean morning with a cross-off breeze, but the swell is only 3ft, and it’s marginal. The rest of the second week is a repeat of the first: swell sizes between 4ft and 6ft, but always with a cross or cross-onshore wind, resulting in choppy, poor surf. The combined energy gets quite strong on the 10th of August, hitting 418 on Monday morning, but with a 16 mph cross-shore wind, it’s just messy. The period does stretch to 9 seconds by the end, which is a slight improvement, but it’s not enough to save it.

For a beginner-plus spot, when the swell goes over 5ft, it can be a bit much, and here it’s often paired with bad wind. Honestly, for most of this period, the setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer, because the wind is strong and the waves are choppy. It’s a bleak outlook, but for this area, a blank run like this is more normal than you’d hope.

Rusty

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