Beacon Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's break down this local surf picture.

Well, I’ll be honest with you – this is a tough one to call. Looking at the full 16-day window, there just isn't any proper swell on the menu. It’s a total flat spell. The combined wave energy barely gets above 75, and for most of it, it's stuck in the single digits and teens – that’s not surf, that’s a pond. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing all the way through the end of July and the first week of August. The only faint glimmer of something remotely rideable doesn't show up until Monday, the 3rd of August.

Now, the only spot in the frame is Beacon Point. It’s a point break, exposed to easterly swell, which is the right direction for it. But that doesn’t matter much when there’s no energy. All through late July the swell is tiny, about 0.7 ft to 2 ft, with short periods of 7 or 8 seconds. The water temp is a balmy 83°, which is about normal for this time of year, but that’s little comfort when you’re staring at a flat ocean.

We finally see a small pulse on the afternoon of Saturday, the 1st of August, with a 4 ft swell coming from the southeast. But the period is a pathetic 4 seconds, and the combined energy is weak at 64. It’s just wind chop. Not worth paddling out for.

The best chance, and I use that term loosely, is on the morning of Tuesday the 5th of August. That’s over a week away. We're looking at a small, clean 2 ft easterly swell, with a 6 mph offshore wind out of the west. It’s clean, but it's tiny. The crowd factor is ‘sometimes’ at Beacon Point, so you might have the place to yourself, but that's because there's nothing to ride.

Honestly, for the whole 16-day run, there’s nothing that gets my heart pumping. It’s a long, flat spell. For a point break like this, you need some proper groundswell with length, and we just aren't seeing it. If you're desperate for a paddle, the cleanest windows are those with offshore or glassy conditions, but you’ll be on a 1 ft to 2 ft wave. This stretch is more suited to a longboard or a stand-up paddleboard than a shortboard. Keep an eye on the charts, because it can’t stay this quiet forever.

Rusty.

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