Apollo Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s run through what’s in store for Apollo Bay for the next couple of weeks.

Overall, we’ve got a solid run of decent swell coming, but it kicks off a bit heavy. The first real standout is Saturday 25 July, but it’s a serious, powerful groundswell that’s only for experienced surfers. We’re looking at a big 13ft SW swell (7245 combined energy) early, dropping a touch to about 12ft in the afternoon. Wind is offshore and moderate, so the faces will be clean, but the size makes it a full-on session. Water is 58°F, about what you’d expect for this time of year.

Sunday 26 July is much friendlier. The swell is down to a more manageable 8ft in the morning with light offshore winds. It’s clean and a great day for anyone comfortable in solid overhead waves. By the afternoon it’s about 4ft.

The middle of the week is a bit messy. Monday and Tuesday offer little for paddle surfing, with small, inconsistent, or onshore wind-affected waves. Wednesday 29 July sees another pulse of SW groundswell, 10ft in the morning (4079 combined energy), but it’s cross-offshore wind, so a little tricky.

Now, the absolute standout is Saturday 1 August. This is the one to circle. The morning starts with a 10ft SW swell at a very long 18-second period (5845 combined energy), and it builds to about 12ft by the afternoon (6914 combined energy). Wind is light cross-offshore, giving you glassy, clean conditions. This groundswell has real quality and serious energy. It’s a big day, only for experienced surfers, and with crowds listed as “sometimes”, you’ll see a few others out there. This is the best of the forecast. Sunday 2 August also looks excellent, with another 10ft SW swell under light winds.

After that, the second week fades. Monday and Tuesday are smaller and onshore. By Wednesday 4 August we get a tiny, glassy 3ft SSW swell. Very clean but not worth a special trip. Thursday and Friday bring small, weak waves. However, there’s a late surprise: Saturday 8 August brings a huge, heavy south-west groundswell. We’re talking 13ft in the morning (8767 combined energy), building to a massive 18ft in the afternoon (12944 combined energy) with clean conditions. That is a monster swell, only for the heavily experienced. It’s the second big standout, but it’s more than a week out, so keep an eye on it.

Best bets are Saturday 1 August for a proper, clean, powerful groundswell, and Saturday 8 August for the next big one, though that’s a long-range promise, so less certain. Plenty of clean, bigger surf in the mix.

Rusty.

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