Condos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s be straight up. The outlook for the next sixteen days is grim. There’s no real recommendation on the table for a proper surf.

We’re starting with Condos, a beginner-friendly, fairly consistent spot that’s exposed to the swell. The water temp here is sitting at about 84°, which is pretty normal for this time of year – nothing unusual there.

For the first couple of weeks, from Friday 10 July right through to Saturday 25 July, the story doesn’t change. We’re looking at tiny, weak, onshore-chomped waves day after day. The swell height barely tops 4 ft, and when it does, there’s no power behind it. The combined wave energy is mostly in the low two-digit range, even down to 20 or 30 for a lot of it – that’s weak, tired energy. The periods are short, between 5 and 7 seconds, so it’s local wind slop, nothing with any punch.

The winds are a constant problem. Almost all sessions are cross-onshore or onshore, from the SSE or SE, at 9 to 19 mph. It’s choppy, lumpy, and messy. There’s simply no stretch of clean, offshore conditions to get excited about. The wave comments call it “poor surf conditions” for every single time slot. Every one.

There is a brief moment on Thursday 23 July morning where the combined energy jumps to 164, but that’s a moderate energy level, and even then the wind is cross-shore and the surf is still described as poor. It’s not a standout. It’s just less bad than the rest, and that’s not good enough.

So, what do we have? Sixteen days of small, weak, wind-affected surf. A beginner might get a few soft, bumpy rollers, but anyone after quality is looking at a blank run. For this area, that’s not unusual – sometimes the window just stays shut. It won’t stay poor forever, but right now it feels like a long wait.

No standouts. No hidden gems. Just a lot of dates with no real payoff.

Rusty.

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