Carola Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what's cookin' for this stretch of coast.

Honestly, it's a pretty quiet run ahead. The water is sitting at a balmy 79°F, which is a good 9°F warmer than usual for this time of year – that's a real standout, feeling like a warm bath. The trouble is, that warmth isn't coming with any real swell energy.

The only spot with any proper character in the forecast is Carola. It's an advanced reef break, fairly consistent, and exposed to the north. But the problem is, the swell just isn't showing up. For the first few days, from Monday the 27th of July right through the rest of the week, we're looking at tiny, weak pulses. On Monday morning, you might see a 0.7ft swell from the NNW with a period of 13 seconds, but the combined energy is a measly 17. That's a long-period groundswell, but with no height, it's just a ripple. The wind is a cross-off from the SSE, so the surface will be clean, but there's nothing to ride.

The pattern continues. Tuesday and Wednesday see even smaller energy readings, dropping to near zero. The wind stays cross-off, keeping it clean, but the ocean is flat. Thursday afternoon sees a tiny 0.7ft from the WNW with a period of 11 seconds, and energy at 11 – still nothing doing. Friday bumps up slightly to a 1.0ft swell from the NW with a period of 11 seconds, and energy hits 20, but that's still very weak. It's a similar story for the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of August, with no swell at all and a bit of cross-chop developing on Saturday.

Heading into the second week, the pattern is stubborn. On Monday the 3rd of August, we get another little 1.0ft kick from the NW with a 12-second period, giving us an energy of 21. That's the most energy we'll see, but it's still not enough to make this advanced reef break do anything worthwhile. Then it goes flat again for a few days. There's a tiny blip on Friday the 7th of August and Saturday the 8th, with a 1.0ft, 8-second wind swell from the north, but that short period won't hold up at all. The energy is in the low teens.

There's simply nothing to get excited about. The wind is consistently cross-off, which is a tease, but there's no swell to work with. The combined swell energy never gets close to a three-digit number, meaning it's all very weak. For a spot like Carola, which needs a proper north swell, this is a total bust. There’s a big gap of several days with no recommendations at all. When the energy is this low, it's more interesting for a paddle around in the warm water than for surfing.

Rusty.

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