Amoudia Left Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about the surf on offer for this region over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a grim outlook for the next 16 days. Right off the bat, we’ve got a long stretch of just flat or tiny waves that aren’t worth paddling out for. From Sunday, July 5th, right through to the end of the first week, it’s all poor surf conditions with whitewater and energy levels barely registering (1 up to 20). You won’t find a decent wave in that entire period. That gap runs for about two weeks of nothing but tiny, weak wind swells and glassy mornings that produce nothing rideable.

Things stay pretty quiet until we get into the second week, but it’s not until we hit Sunday, July 19th, that things get interesting. It’s a long wait.

The standout session — and really, the only one worth getting excited about — is the morning of Sunday, July 19th. The spot is Amoudia Left. We’ve got a 2ft swell coming from the optimum WSW direction, with a period of 6 seconds. The wind is a light cross-offshore from the SE, which is going to leave the face clean. It’s a point break, which is a bonus at this size, and the combined swell energy is still weak at 34, but it’s the most energy we’ve seen. Water temp is sitting at about 80° which is much warmer than normal for the time of year — that’s over 2 degrees warmer than average. That’s a nice bonus, keeps the rubber off.

Late on the same day, Sunday afternoon, it builds to 3ft from the W, but the wind goes light cross-onshore from the SSW, so it’ll be bumpier. The morning session is the pick.

After that, the window slams shut again. On Monday, July 20th, morning is glassy but the swell drops back to 2ft. Later that afternoon, the wind cranks onshore from the WNW at 19 mph and the swell jumps to 6ft, but the period is a short 6 seconds and the combined energy jumps a bit to 170. But with that strong onshore wind, it’ll be a messy, blown-out mess with whitecaps — more of a windy day for kiting than a surf session.

That’s the long and short of it. One real shot on the 19th morning, then back to nothing. If you’ve got the patience, that morning at Amoudia Left could treat you right.

Rusty.

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