Bruces Beauties Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s on the table for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, we’ve got a cracker of a window on Friday the 24th of July. This is the standout, no question. Bruces Beauties (reef) is gonna be firing with a solid 15 ft SSW groundswell at a very long 16 seconds. That’s a serious amount of energy – the combined energy reading is 8908, which is massive. The wind is a light cross-offshore from the WNW at 3 mph, making for clean, lined-up waves. The water temp is sitting at 66°, which is about average for this time of year. This is expert territory though – not for the faint-hearted. The swell is pushing over 8 ft, so only the experienced crew should be out there. It’s an inconsistent spot, so when it comes together like this, it’s a special session for those who know the place. Crowds can show up sometimes, but with that size, it’ll thin out quick.

By Friday afternoon, the wind swings onshore from the east at 9 mph and the swell drops a bit to 12 ft. It gets a bit lumpy and the conditions turn marginal. The real magic is that morning session.

Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th are a write-off. The swell drops right off to under 3 ft, and the wind is either glassy but tiny, or onshore and messy. Not worth paddling out for.

Monday the 27th sees a bump in swell to 4 ft from the SSW, but the wind is howling from the west at 25 mph. It’s clean but way too blown out for any real quality.

Tuesday the 28th is a no-go. The wind is a strong cross-shore from the southeast, and the swell is a short-period 7 ft from the SE – messy and lumpy. The 10 ft SSW swell in the afternoon is powerful (combined energy 3971) but the cross-onshore wind from the ESE at 16 mph makes it a chop-fest. Not surfable.

The rest of the week through to the 31st is a grim run of strong onshore winds and poor conditions. Hold onto your board.

Looking further out, there’s a glimpse of something on the 4th of August. Tuesday morning is glassy with a light WSW wind, but the swell is only 3 ft from the east. Ordinary. The afternoon, however, is a legitimate late call. The wind switches to a light cross-offshore from the SSE at 6 mph, and a 4 ft SSW groundswell rolls in with a very long 18-second period. The energy is strong at 1144, and it’s clean. This is a good option for experienced surfers – the long period might make it a bit tricky at the reef, but it should be lined up. This is the second best window of the whole outlook.

The 7th of August has a 8 ft SSW swell with a 12-second period, but the wind is a strong 28 mph cross-offshore. That’s a lot of juice (2575 combined energy), but it’s more of a hardcore windswell situation. Might be interesting for kite surfing, but for paddle surfing, it’s a battle.

Trust me, the morning of the 24th is the one to circle. The 4th of August afternoon is a solid backup plan. Everything else is a wait-and-see.

- Rusty

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