Bicentenial Park Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you about Bicentennial Park. It's a reef setup, exposed to the east, but it's inconsistent and crowds are always a problem. The water temp is sitting at 83°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year – nothing unusual there.

Honestly, looking at the whole 16-day window, the pattern is a bit of a bummer. We've got a long stretch of poor surf conditions kicking off the period. Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st are a write-off with tiny, choppy swell and cross-shore winds. The combined energy is weak, barely hitting 19 (Monday morning) and 35 (Monday afternoon), so it's just not worth paddling out for.

Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd don't offer much relief either. We're still looking at weak swell (combined energy in the 20s and 30s) with cross or cross-onshore winds making a mess of things. The swell is tiny, 2ft to 2ft, with short periods of 5-8 seconds, meaning it's just wind slop.

Then we hit a real dry spell. From Friday the 24th morning, we get a moment of glassy conditions with a 2ft easterly swell, but the waves are still poor. The next day, Saturday the 25th morning, is the first time we see a "surfable" note, but it's only a 2ft easterly swell with glassy conditions – not exactly setting the world on fire. The combined energy is only 45.

Sunday the 26th is the best of a bad bunch. We get a 3ft easterly swell in the afternoon, with a clean cross-offshore wind, and the combined energy bumps up to 108. That's moderate energy, but it's still small. The period is 8 seconds, so it's a short-period swell. It's surfable, but don't expect anything special.

After that, it's back to a long stretch of tiny, weak waves right through to the 4th of August. The swell barely gets above 2ft, and the combined energy is mostly in the teens or twenties. The wind is okay, often offshore or clean, but there's just no power in the water. The longest period we see is 10 seconds on the 31st of July, but even then the swell is a measly 2ft. For a reef setup like Bicentennial Park, you need the swell direction to match its optimum east, which it does, but the size just isn't there.

So, the bottom line is there's no standout session in this 16-day forecast. The only real highlight is a brief moment of clean, glassy surf on the morning of the 25th of July, but it's very small. For the rest of it, you're looking at a lot of flat, weak conditions. The good news is that this spot is fairly consistent, so it tends not to stay this poor for long, and forecasts can change. But for now, I'd keep the board in the car and maybe find something else to do.

Rusty.

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