Banna Strand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s have a look at what’s going on over the next couple of weeks at Banna Strand. First off, I gotta be straight with you – this stretch is looking pretty grim for paddle surfing for a long while. The first week is basically a write-off, and even when we get some size, the wind is going to be a real problem.

The whole period starts today, the 24th of July, and we’re looking at a solid 7-day stretch of poor surf conditions. The swell is there, but the wind is almost always on it or cross-on it, making it a choppy, blown-out mess. For the first few days, we’re seeing small stuff around 3 ft to 3 ft, coupled with a weak combined energy of just 134 (Friday morning), which is barely enough to push a kayak, let alone a surfboard.

By Saturday the 25th, the swell starts to build. Saturday morning sees 6 ft from the WNW with a combined energy of 401, but it’s coming straight onshore from the WSW at 12 mph. That’s a hard pass. The water temp is about average for this time of year.

Sunday the 26th kicks up to 8 ft from the WNW, with a combined energy of 1310, which is moderate to strong, but that cross-onshore wind at 16 mph is just going to turn it into a washing machine. That kind of size and wind at a beach break like Banna Strand is honestly more interesting for the kite surfers than anyone on a paddleboard.

The best we get on paper, and it’s a real stretch, is Tuesday the 29th. The swell drops to 5 ft, and we get a light 6 mph wind. But it’s still cross-onshore, and the combined energy is only 250. It’s just not clean. The only real standouts in the whole 16-day window come on the 30th of July, Thursday morning, when we see a light cross-offshore breeze from the SSE at 12 mph. The swell is only 4 ft, and the energy is weak at 138, but it’ll be clean. It’s small, but it’s the cleanest wave you’ll see all week. Still, nothing to get excited about.

Then, on the 2nd of August, we get a massive 10 ft swell from the west with a combined energy of 2399. That is a lot of water moving. But the wind is still cross-onshore, making it unmanageable. The next day, the 3rd, the swell drops back to 5 ft, but it’s straight onshore again.

Honestly, after the 7th of August, we’re looking at tiny, weak swells with hardly any energy at all. It’s a flat spell. A blank run like this isn’t unusual for the area, but it’s a tough one. If you’re not a kiter, you’re probably better off doing something else for the next two weeks.

Rusty.

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