Barron Rivermouth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty.

Honestly mate, I’ve been staring at the charts for Barron Rivermouth and it’s a tough stretch. We’re looking at a pretty bleak run of surf for the first week and a half. The southwest swell is hanging around, but the conditions are just all over the place. There’s a big gap from now until the start of the second week where you’d be hard-pressed to find a proper wave.

For the immediate future, Friday the 31st of July through to the weekend, it’s mostly poor surf. The swell is small, around 2ft to 3ft, but the wind is messy—cross-onshore or onshore, making it choppy and uninviting. The wave energy is weak to moderate, but it’s just not coming together. You’ll be fighting wind and chop more than riding waves.

We get a slight reprieve on Tuesday the 4th of August. Early morning the wind goes glassy, dead calm, and the swell is a tiny 1ft from the southwest with a long 16-second period. The energy is weak, and the report says "surfable but very ordinary". It’s gutless, but it’s the cleanest we’ll see for a while. That’s about as good as it gets in this first week.

From Wednesday the 5th up to the 10th of August, it’s a real dead zone. The swell drops to 1.0ft to 1ft, energy is low, and the wind keeps shifting around. You’ll be staring at a flat ocean more often than not. A few sessions have a "marginal" tag, but nothing worth paddling out for.

Now, things finally show a glimmer of life on Tuesday the 11th of August. That’s the standout. The morning session is looking like the best of the entire 16-day window. The swell is still small at 2ft from the southwest, but it’s a long-period groundswell at 18 seconds, pushing moderate energy. The wind is from the southeast, blowing cleanly offshore and creating good conditions. For a point/river break like this, that long period will actually wrap in nicely and give you a proper, lined-up wave. It’s a small wave, but it’ll be clean and rideable. The break is fairly consistent, so you can expect a few waves. Keep in mind, crowds are possible here sometimes.

After that, Wednesday the 12th sees a bump in swell to 3ft and more energy, but the wind turns onshore and ruins it. There’s another marginal window on Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th, but the wind is cross-on or onshore again, killing the quality. The best bet is that Tuesday morning, the 11th of August. It’s not a classic, but it’s the only real window of clean surf.

Rusty.

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