Bruces Beauties Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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Alright, grab your boards and listen up. The next 16 days at Bruces Beauties are a real mixed bag, a bit of a waiting game. The water temp is sitting right around average for this time of year, so nothing out of the ordinary there.

The first real window of opportunity hits us on Monday the 20th of July. The morning is a bit marginal with a 4ft swell from the SE, but the wind is a cross-off at 15 mph, so it’s not terrible. The real fun kicks off Monday afternoon. The wind swings offshore from the WSW at 12 mph, cleaning things up nicely. That same 4ft SE swell is holding, and the combined energy jumps to a moderate 639. It’s looking like a solid session.

Tuesday the 21st of July is the standout of the whole run. The morning is still clean with a light cross-off, but Tuesday afternoon is where it’s at. We’ve got an 8ft swell from the SSW, a very long period of 14 seconds, and a light offshore breeze. The energy reading is a massive 2666, which is strong. This is a serious groundswell, and at a reef break like this, it’s going to produce some excellent, powerful waves. It’s definitely one for the experienced crew only, as anything over 8ft is expert territory. If you’ve got the skills and the nerve, this is the session to circle on the calendar.

After that, things get quiet. Wednesday morning the 22nd of July is glassy, but the swell drops to 3ft. From Wednesday afternoon through to the end of the 16-day window, it’s a long, drawn-out stretch of mostly poor to unsurfable conditions. There are a few flickers of life, like the morning of Saturday the 25th of July which is glassy on a tiny 3ft swell, but it’s not going to get the heart pumping. The 30th of July looks slightly better with a 4ft easterly windswell, but the energy is weak and the tides are questionable. Don’t get your hopes up for that one.

For the second week, the pattern is clear: a whole lot of nothing. The wind is either howling onshore, the swell is too small, or both. The 10ft+ swells that pop up on the 24th and 28th of July are completely ruined by strong onshore winds, making it a messy, choppy mess. If you’re a kite surfer, those days might be interesting, but for a paddle surfer, it’s a hard pass. The only real, true standout is that Tuesday afternoon on the 21st of July at Bruces Beauties. It’s a short, sharp window of brilliance, so be ready to move.

Rusty.

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