Chirimena Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright mate, Rusty here with a look at the upcoming surf for Chirimena.

To be straight with you, the next two weeks are looking pretty average for the most part. There’s one window that’s worth getting excited about, but you’ll have to be patient. The water temp is sitting at about 80°F, which is bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

We kick off Monday the 6th with some small 4ft swell from the NE, but it’s pretty weak with only 103 combined energy. The wind is a light cross-offshore in the morning, which keeps it clean, but it’s just ordinary surf. That afternoon the wind picks up and it gets a bit messy. Tuesday and Wednesday are much the same story – small swell, cross-off winds in the mornings keeping things clean, but the waves are lacking any real push and the conditions get poor in the afternoons.

Now, hold on for Thursday the 9th. This is the standout. Thursday morning we’ve got a bump in size to 6ft from the ENE, and the combined energy jumps to a solid 297 – that’s moderate energy and meaningfully better than anything before it. The wind is light from the ESE, a clean cross-offshore, so expect some clean, peeling lines. The period is short at 7 seconds though, so it’ll be a bit bumpy and sectiony, but for Chirimena, this is the best on offer. The break is a beach and reef setup, exposed to the NNE, and the swell is coming from the ENE, which isn’t the absolute optimum but still good. It can get a bit crowded here sometimes, so get in early.

After that, the quality drops off again. Friday the 10th and Saturday the 11th see the swell holding around 5ft to 6ft, but the wind swings more cross-shore and it gets a bit choppy. The energy peaks at 573 on Saturday morning, but the conditions are only marginal – the wind isn’t clean enough to make it truly good.

From Sunday the 12th through to Tuesday the 21st, it’s a pretty flat and ordinary run. The swell drops back to around 4ft to 5ft, with weak energy readings mostly below 200. The wind is often cross or cross-on, making for choppy or bumpy conditions. There are a few mornings with light cross-off breezes, but the waves are just too small and weak to get excited about. A couple of mornings, like Wednesday the 15th and Tuesday the 21st, have a bit more size (5ft) but the wind is either cross or cross-on, spoiling it.

So, the only real standout is Thursday morning the 9th of July. If you can’t make that, it’s a long wait. The rest of the run is pretty poor, with lots of days where you’d be better off doing something else.

Rusty.

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