Bruces Beauties Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming down the pipe for the next couple of weeks.

We’re looking at a pretty quiet start to the forecast, with a long stretch of nothing much on offer. The first real whisper of action doesn’t show up until later in the month. The highlight, and the only real standout in this whole outlook, is Bruces Beauties on Friday the 24th of July. That morning, that reef is going to be absolutely pumping – we’re talking a solid 13ft swell from the SSW, with a very long period of 16 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy, and the combined energy is a massive 8307, which is serious. Now, with that long period, it’s going to be fast and powerful, which is exactly what a reef break like this loves. The wind is light from the North, so it will be a bit cross-on, but with only light breeze it should still be clean. This is a setup for serious surfers only; at over 8ft, it’s strictly for the experts. The water temperature is sitting at 65°, which is about 1° cooler than normal for this time of year, so not a major anomaly, just a bit on the chillier side.

The run-up to that Friday is a bit of a write-off. Tuesday the 21st has a small 4ft ESE swell with clean conditions and light cross-off wind, but it’s an inconsistent wave, so you’ll be waiting. The afternoon gets bigger but messy. Wednesday and Thursday are tiny with poor conditions. So, you’ve got a few days of nothing special before that big Friday pulse.

After that Friday blast, the swell drops fast. Saturday the 25th is flat and poor, and Sunday through Wednesday the 29th is mostly tiny or blown out. There’s a glimmer on Thursday the 30th of July with a 7ft SSW swell and clean, cross-off wind, but it comes with moderate rain and the energy is marginal. Not a standout.

The second week remains lackluster. The first few days of August offer small, weak swell with onshore or cross-onshore winds. The best of that period is probably Monday the 3rd of August in the afternoon, when a 3ft E swell arrives with a gentle offshore wind from the SSW, making for clean conditions. But it’s nothing to write home about.

So, to wrap it up: hold out for Friday the 24th of July at Bruces Beauties. That’s your one heavy-hitter. The rest of the two weeks is mostly small, weak, and messy. It’s a bit of a dry spell, but that one session could be a classic.

Rusty.

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