Bay Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here, your local surf reporter. Right, let's have a look at what's on the cards for Bay Street over the next couple of weeks.

First up, the water temp is sitting at 72°, which is a whopping 7° warmer than usual for this time of year. That's seriously unusual, so you won't need a thick wetsuit, that's for sure.

The next few days are looking pretty average, to be honest. We've got a long-period groundswell rolling in from the SSW, with a period of 19 seconds and a swell height of 3ft. The combined wave energy is moderate at 640. The problem is the wind is straight onshore from the SW at 9 mph, which is going to mess up the surface. It's a pretty marginal setup, so I wouldn't get too excited for Monday afternoon.

Tuesday and Wednesday follow a similar pattern. The swell hangs around 3ft to 3ft from the SSW, with periods dropping from 17 seconds down to 16 seconds. The wind stays light, but it's cross-onshore in the mornings and onshore in the afternoons. The energy is still moderate, sitting between 505 and 581, but the conditions just aren't there for a good session.

Thursday and Friday are where it gets a bit grim. The swell drops to 3ft to 3ft, but the period goes down to 14 seconds, and the wind is still onshore or cross-onshore. The energy is still moderate, dropping from 395 to 318, but the forecast is calling this poor surf. It's not worth paddling out for.

The weekend of the 1st and 2nd of August is a write-off. The swell drops right off to 2ft on Sunday, and the energy plummets to 118. The wind is light but still onshore or cross-onshore. There's just no push in the water.

From the 3rd of August all the way through to the 11th of August, it's a long, flat spell. The swell barely gets above 2ft, and the energy is weak, often below 200. The wind is mostly light and onshore, but it doesn't matter because there's no surf to speak of. You'll be staring at a flat ocean for a solid week and a half.

So, the honest truth is there's nothing worth highlighting here. The best of a bad bunch is probably the first couple of days, Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th of July, with that 3ft SSW groundswell, but the onshore wind kills it. I wouldn't be rushing down to Bay Street anytime soon. The break is fairly consistent, but the forecasts just aren't delivering for the next 16 days. It tends not to stay this poor for long, so keep an eye on it.

Rusty.

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