Coffee Bay Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ at Coffee Bay Point for the next couple of weeks. We’ve got a bit of a mixed bag ahead, with some serious size and some long waits in between.

The opening days are pretty quiet, but the real story this period is two distinct pulses of proper groundswell. The first standout is shaping up for the morning of Friday the 10th of July. We’re looking at a solid 10ft SSW groundswell with a very long 15 second period. That’s deep ocean energy, and at a point like Coffee Bay Point, it’s gonna wrap in with real purpose. The combined wave energy is off the charts strong at (3309), and with a light offshore breeze from the SSW, conditions will be clean. This is the pick of the first week for experienced surfers only – that size is proper. The water temp is unremarkable for this time of year, so just your standard winter wetsuit.

We do get a bit of a lull after that big Friday morning, but there’s another notable window. The morning of Tuesday the 14th of July is worth a mention for the opposite reason – it’s glassy. The wind is dead calm, giving us a “glass” state with a clean 6ft ESE swell. It’s a shorter period (9 seconds), so it’s more of a wind swell mix, but the total lack of wind makes it a fun, user-friendly day. Similarly, the morning of Wednesday the 15th of July sees a light offshore wind from the WSW working with that same 6ft E swell. That morning has clean conditions again.

Looking further out, the second real pulse hits the morning of Friday the 17th of July. We’re back to a big 10ft SSW groundswell, but this time with a very long 16 second period. The combined energy is massive at (4426). The wind is cross-off from the SW, keeping the faces reasonably clean, but again, this is a big-wave day for experts only. It’s a promising long-range signal, but treat it as less certain than the first Friday.

For the most part, the rest of the fortnight is plagued by strong, messy cross-onshore winds from the northeast, especially from the 12th of July onward, and even more so from the 19th to the 23rd of July where you’ll see strong breeze conditions mixing things up. There’s a lot of poor surf days in that second week, with onshore wind and lumpy conditions. The 19th and 20th of July look particularly rough for a paddle board – if you’ve got a kite, that’s your window. The final morning on the 23rd of July is clean again, but the swell is small and weak.

So, to pin it down: if you want the best quality waves, get out for a dawny on Friday the 10th of July for the standout session. For a glassy, relaxed paddle, Tuesday the 14th or Wednesday the 15th are your best bets. The second pulse on the 17th of July is one for the chargers only.

Rusty.

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