Bennion Beach Cleggies Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s coming. There’s only one spot that’s showing up in the recommendation file for this whole run, and that’s Bennion Beach Cleggies. Now, straight up, this break is a reef setup that’s considered "inconsistent" – it doesn't just fire all the time, so we have to take the good windows as they come. The water temp is sitting at 63°F, which is about 3°F colder than normal for this time of year, so it's a bit nippy.

The pattern starts off with a tricky trade-off. Friday the 31st has a solid 6ft to 7ft WSW long-period groundswell (16 seconds) and moderate wave energy (1425–2552), but the wind is cross to cross-onshore, so it’s not going to be clean. Saturday and Sunday morning have similar swell sizes around 7ft to 8ft, with OK winds, but nothing is scoring high enough to get excited about. The real standout window is Sunday afternoon, August 2nd. The swell drops slightly to 7ft from the WSW with a 14-second period, energy is still solid at 1390, but the wind turns light and cross-offshore out of the NE at 6 mph, cleaning things right up. The comment says 'excellent surf conditions for experienced surfers' – that is our best bet in the first week.

Then Monday morning, August 3rd, is also worth mentioning. The swell is a manageable 5ft from the WSW, 14-second period, energy is moderate at 921, and the wind is glassy – dead calm (0 mph). That’s a rare, clean window, so if you can sneak out, that’s the pick for smaller-wave riders. After that, the week gets messy with onshore winds and rising swell.

From Tuesday August 4th onwards, the swell jumps up – 8ft to 10ft and bigger – but the wind turns cross-on or onshore, and the quality drops. By Wednesday August 5th, the swell hits 10ft, which is getting too big for this reef break, and the comments confirm it's too big for the spot. That trend continues into the second week, with massive pulses: 16ft on Friday August 7th, 13ft on the 8th, and even 16ft again on August 12th. The combined energy numbers are huge – four to five digit figures like 7711, 18047, and 25592 – but the wind is either onshore, cross-on, or gale force, making it unsurfable. There are a couple of clean-wind windows in the second week (Monday August 11th morning with 15ft and cross-offshore wind, Wednesday August 13th morning with 13ft and cross-offshore wind), but those swells are far too big for this break, only for experts with big-wave gear, and it’s a reef.

Overall, Sunday afternoon August 2nd is the standout – clean, consistent power, and a size that works for this spot. Monday morning August 3rd is the glassy backup.

-Rusty

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