Ammonias Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the Ammonias forecast for the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a rough stretch ahead for this reef break.

We’re looking at a real quiet run here. There’s no real green light to start, and it’s gonna be a long grind. From Sunday, July 5th, all the way through the end, there’s no standout session to get excited about. The first week is pretty much a write-off.

The water at Ammonias is sitting at 79°F, which is just about standard for this time of year – nothing unusual there.

Let’s talk about the swell. Early on, there’s a long-period groundswell arriving Sunday afternoon 5 July, with 3ft from the SSW and an 18-second period. That sounds nice in theory, but the wave energy is weak (953), and with a 19 mph cross-shore from the ENE, it’s all lumpy and messy. The wave comment says it all: poor surf conditions. That’s not worth paddling out for.

Monday 6 July and Tuesday 7 July see the swell jump up to 7ft to 8ft from the ENE, but the period drops to a short 7 to 8 seconds, so it’s just windswell junk. The wind stays hanging in that cross-shore slot at 19 mph, and that energy climbs into the moderate range (up to 1072), but the quality is still poor to marginal. This is the kind of setup that looks better for a kite than a surfboard – it’s just lumpy cross-chop.

That same pattern hangs around for days. Through the end of the second week, we’re stuck with 5ft to 8ft ENE windswell, short periods, and cross-shore winds blowing at 12 to 19 mph. Most of it is “poor surf conditions,” with a few sessions being just “marginal.”

Honestly, there’s nothing here to recommend. Ammonias needs a cleaner window and a better direction. This is just a long, flat, blustery outlook. Sometimes you get a run like this, and you just wait for the next change. Forecasts can always flip, but right now, I wouldn’t bother suiting up.

Rusty.

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