Blacks Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what's shaping up at Blacks Beach.

Honestly, the next couple of weeks are a bit of a mixed bag. We've got some solid-looking groundswell rolling in for a few days, but the wind is mostly working against us, keeping things from really firing. The water temp is sitting at a very unusual 74°F – that's a staggering 7°F warmer than average for this time of year. You can feel it, it's like a weird, warm bath out there.

Early on Sunday the 26th, a long-period SW swell at 4ft starts to show, with a period of 19 seconds. That's serious groundswell energy, reading 961 on the energy scale – moderate stuff, but those long lines will make for tricky, fat waves on a beach break like this. The problem is the wind is a light cross-onshore from the WSW at 6 mph, which has just enough bump to mess up the surface. It's rideable, but you'll be working for it. That setup carries through Monday the 27th with the swell bumping up just a touch to 4ft on a SSW direction and a period still holding at 19 seconds; energy jumps up to strong at 1227. Still, that cross-onshore breeze from the SW at 6 to 9 mph has the surface looking pretty choppy.

Tuesday the 28th keeps similar energy, around 1222, but the period drops to 17 seconds and the wind stays messy. Wednesday the 29th is more of the same, just fading energy. The whole stretch from Sunday through Wednesday is marred by that constant cross-onshore flow; the waves have size and power for sure, but they’re going to be bumpy and hard to read. It's not total junk, but it's not clean.

Then we hit a serious lull. From Thursday the 30th all the way through to Monday the 10th of August, the forecast is pretty bleak. We're talking poor conditions – tiny dribblers of 1ft to 3ft with weak energy readings mostly below 300. There's a brief pulse on Thursday the 7th of August with a 3ft long period SSW swell (19 seconds, 552 energy) but the wind remains light and onshore or cross-onshore, so again, not clean. It's basically a flat spell for two weeks after that initial pulse subsides.

If you're an advanced surfer and you don't mind a bit of chop, the best bet is the period from Sunday the 26th to Wednesday the 29th. There's enough long-period groundswell energy to hold your interest, but don't expect perfection. For the rest of us, it's a waiting game. Crowds are likely at Blacks Beach, especially if the wind ever does swing offshore.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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