Ammonias Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it.

Alright, so we’ve got a bit of a tale of two weeks here at Ammonias. The first few days are pretty forgettable—cross-shore wind and a messy sea state. The real standout is slap bang in the middle of the window, Wednesday the 29th and Thursday the 30th of July. That’s the window to circle.

The water is sitting at 80°, which is about average for the time of year, so nothing to worry about on that front.

The week starts Saturday the 25th with a 3ft to 3ft SSW swell but it’s getting hammered by a fresh 19 mph cross-breeze. The combined energy is high (1401) but it’s all chop and no shape. Same story Sunday and Monday with a smaller SE and E swell, cross-winds, and marginal conditions. You’re not missing much.

Tuesday the 28th sees the swell bump up to 6ft from the east, but the wind is still cross and the period is short at 13 seconds. It’s still not looking good. Hold out.

Then comes Wednesday the 29th July. That’s the day. We’ve got a 10ft ENE groundswell pulsing, with a 12 second period, and the wind swings light offshore from the NW at 9 mph in the morning. That’s clean. The combined energy is a massive 2575, so there’s serious power in the water. This is for experienced surfers only—this size will be too much for beginners. By afternoon, the wind goes glassy. That’s about as good as it gets.

Thursday the 30th drops off fast. The swell drops to 6ft, the period collapses to 8 seconds, and the wind swings onshore. It’s a no-go. Then from Friday the 31st all the way through to Sunday the 9th of August, it’s a long, long stretch of poor conditions. The swell hangs around between 3ft and 7ft, but the wind is either cross, cross-on, or fresh, and the periods are short and weak. The energy drops down to the low hundreds, and it’s just not worth paddling out. For a reef break, that’s a rough run.

Honestly, that Wednesday is the only true standout. Everything else is a write-off.

Rusty.

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