Apollo Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk Apollo Bay. We got a proper run of deep Southern Ocean groundswell coming, but you gotta be patient. The first couple of days are just massive, punchy sets that are only for the brave.

We start Wednesday the 15th of July with a solid 13ft SW swell, a 14-second period, and energy reading 7600. That’s a lot of water moving. The wind is offshore from the west, so the surface will be clean, but this is no joke. It’s a heavy, powerful wave with a long period, and at that size, it’s strictly for experts. Apollo Bay is a beach and point setup, so that long period will give it some shape, but it’s going to be a beast. The water is sitting at 58°, which is about average for this time of year.

The size drops by Thursday the 16th, with 8ft SW swell and a 15-second period. The energy is still high at 2457. The wind is light and cross-off from the WSW, producing clean, workable waves. This is a better size for experienced surfers. It stays solid through Friday the 17th with 7ft SW swell and a 16-second period, and the wind is glassy in the afternoon. That’s a beautiful, clean setup for a good session.

After that, the swell fades into a small, weak spell from Saturday the 18th through to Tuesday the 22nd, with swell dropping below 3ft and energy levels in the low hundreds. There’s a few clean, glassy moments, but the swell is too small to get excited about. That’s a gap of nearly five days of small, marginal surf.

The pulse returns on Wednesday the 22nd of July in the afternoon, building to 5ft, but it’s still messy. Thursday the 23rd sees a jump back up to 6ft SW swell with a 16-second period, and the wind goes offshore in the afternoon. It’s starting to look promising again.

Then, Friday the 24th of July is the absolute standout. This is the one. We’ve got a massive 15ft SW swell in the morning, building to 18ft in the afternoon, with a 15-second period. The energy is off the charts: 11158 in the morning and 16434 in the afternoon. The wind is offshore from the west and WSW. This is a huge, powerful, clean groundswell. It’s going to be big, long lines at Apollo Bay. This is not for the faint of heart. Only experts should even think about it. This is the kind of day that makes the whole wait worth it.

The swell holds through Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th, with 10ft and 8ft SW swell, but the wind gets a bit cross-off and the conditions are a little more mixed. The energy is still high, but it won’t be as perfect as Friday.

The tail end of the window from Monday the 27th to Wednesday the 29th keeps a solid 7ft to 8ft SW swell, with cleaner conditions and light winds. It’s consistent, and there are some glassy windows, but it’s not the same level of quality as that Friday blast.

So, if you’re an expert, you’re living for that Friday the 24th. It’s a monster. For everyone else, the Thursday the 23rd into the weekend offers some much more manageable, but still powerful, waves. The small stuff in the middle of the run is a write-off. This is a classic Apollo Bay winter run: big, infrequent, and powerful.

Rusty.

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