Beavers Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s on offer.

To be straight with you, the next 16 days are looking pretty quiet. There’s nothing really firing, and you’ll be waiting a fair while for anything worth paddling out for. The first real sniff of a wave shows up on the morning of Thursday, 31 July, but it’s only marginal. The swell is a tiny 2ft from the SSE with a long 12-second period, which could give a bit of shape, but the wind is onshore. It’s not great, and the combined energy of all swells directed here is 320 — that’s moderate energy, but it’s not translating into quality.

The real story here is the water temperature. At Beavers (Big Island), it’s 68°F, and that’s a whopping 5°F above the long-term average for this time of year. That’s way warmer than usual, so you can leave the thick wetsuit at home.

The surf stays small and messy through the rest of the week. On Saturday morning, 1 August, we get a 3ft swell from the WNW, but the period is a short 8 seconds, and the wind is cross-onshore. Combined energy drops to 190 (weak). It’s just not doing anything for us. Sunday morning, 2 August, sees a 4ft WNW swell with a 9-second period, but again, the wind is onshore, and the comment is “marginal” — it’s a no-go.

Honestly, there’s a long gap here. From Thursday 31 July right through to the end of the forecast on Friday 14 August, every single session is rated as poor or marginal. The swell heights range from 1ft to 4ft, but the wind is never right. Most of the time it’s cross-onshore or onshore, and the period is all over the place — some long-period groundswells (15–20 seconds) show up, but they’re hitting with tiny height and wrong wind.

There’s no standout. Nothing to get excited about. If you’re a beginner, the 4ft on Sunday 2 August is the biggest, but with onshore wind and short period, it’s a sloppy, lumpy mess. For the more experienced, the long-period swells (like 19 seconds on Friday 7 August) are too small to do anything with, and they’d be breaking straight at the beach anyway.

The only hint of anything decent is on Thursday 13 August afternoon, when the combined energy hits 272 (moderate) with a 2ft SSW swell and 16-second period, but the wind is still cross-onshore. It’s marginal, and that’s the best of a bad bunch.

Beavers is a beach and reef setup, and it’s fairly consistent, but it’s not breaking. The crowds are often, but with surf this poor, you won’t have to worry about that. This is a stretch of flat, close-to-nothing conditions. It’s a quiet period.

Alright, stay patient. The forecasts can change, but right now, there’s nothing to chase.

Rusty.

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