Banana Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s in store for Banana Point.

Honestly, looking at the whole 16-day window, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – this stretch is a real struggle. We’ve got a long, dry run of nothing much happening. The first few days are a total write-off. From Tuesday the 28th of July right through to the end of the month, it’s all poor surf conditions. The swell is tiny, inconsistent, and when it does show, the wind is either onshore or just messy. Thursday the 30th sees a bit of a pulse in the afternoon with the combined energy hitting 217 (moderate wave energy) and a 4ft NW swell, but the wind is onshore from the WNW, so it’s gonna be a choppy mess.

Finally, by Friday morning the 31st, we get a little window. The wind goes glassy, which is a major positive, and we’ve got a 3ft NW swell. It’s only surfable, not great, but at least it’s clean. The water temp is sitting at 70°, which is about average for this time of year, so nothing special there. The combined energy is only 88 – weak – so don’t expect much.

After that, it’s back to the same old story. The first week of August is a ghost town. We get a few mornings with clean conditions and cross-off winds, but the swell is consistently small – 2ft to 3ft – and the period is short. Saturday the 8th of August has a moment in the afternoon with glassy conditions and a 2ft NW swell, but the energy is only 100, so it’s a very marginal wave. It’s just not enough to get excited about.

The second week is more of the same. The swell picks up a little, hitting 4ft by the 10th, but the wind is always cross-on or onshore, so it’s never clean. The period stays around 8-9 seconds, which is short period and not really gonna give you any proper shape. The best we can hope for is a bit of consistency in the morning on the 12th of August, with a clean cross-off wind and a 4ft NW swell, but the energy is moderate at 156 – it’s just not enough to be a standout.

If you’re a kiter, the afternoons with onshore wind and 4ft to 5ft swell might be more your thing, but for a paddle surfer, this is a tough watch. The only real takeaway is that the mornings with glass or cross-off winds are the only times to even bother, and even then, the waves are small and ordinary. There’s no big swell, no long period, no real standout. Just a long, flat wait.

Rusty out.

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