Canova Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a long, hard look at what’s coming up.

Honestly, mate, I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough one. The entire 16-day window from July 21st right through to August 5th is looking flat as a pancake. There’s just no real energy to get excited about. We’re talking about a stretch of days where the swell is barely a whisper, and the conditions are mostly messy or just plain small. It’s a real dry spell.

Right from the start on Tuesday the 21st of July, we’ve got tiny waves. Canova Beach is seeing a weak 2 ft from the ESE with a short, choppy period of 7 seconds. The combined energy is a paltry (50), and with a cross-shore wind, it's just poor. The afternoon doesn’t get any better – a 3 ft wave but with a ridiculously short, gutless 4-second period and a cross-onshore breeze. Not worth paddling out for.

Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd are more of the same. We’re stuck with 1 ft to 2 ft of small, weak stuff. The wind is either onshore or cross-onshore, messing up what little shape there is. The energy readings are all in the low double digits, which tells you everything.

There’s a brief flicker of hope on Sunday the 26th of July. The morning shows a light offshore wind from the W, which would make the surface clean. But the swell is still a pathetic 2 ft from the east with an 8-second period, and the energy is only (29). You’d be fighting for a knee-high wave that’s got no push.

The pattern continues for the rest of the month and into August. A few mornings here and there, like the 27th of July, the 28th, and the 29th, have clean conditions with cross-offshore or light winds. But the swell is stuck at 1 ft to 1 ft. It’s frustrating because the window is clean, but there’s just nothing to ride.

Towards the very end, on Saturday the 1st of August, we get a glassy afternoon with the wind going completely calm. The swell is still a tiny 1 ft from the ESE. It’s a beautiful moment for a paddle, but not for surfing. The same happens again on Sunday the 2nd of August in the afternoon – glassy conditions, but the same tiny, weak swell.

The absolute best, and I’m scraping the barrel here, would be any of those clean, offshore mornings like the 27th of July or the 28th of July, or that glassy spell on the 1st of August. But “best” here is a relative term. The wave height never cracks 2 ft, and the energy is always weak. For a beginner, anything over 5 ft is a challenge, but here we’re looking at waves that are barely ankle-to-knee high. It’s not a matter of being too big for beginners; it’s just too small for anyone.

Given the persistent tiny swell and poor wave quality, the setup at Canova Beach looks more like a day for a longboard and a cruise, or maybe just a swim. The wind is often cross or onshore, which makes it less interesting for a serious session. Honestly, this is one of those stretches where you’re better off checking the forecast again in a few days.

Rusty.

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