Condos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it.

Honestly, the next 16 days are a tough watch. The only break that even makes the list is Condos, and it’s a rough run. The overall pattern is small, weak, and messy. We’ve got a long stretch of poor conditions right from the start, lasting all the way through the first week and into the second.

Starting off from Saturday the 25th of July, it’s all cross-onshore winds and small, choppy surf. Swell hangs around the 2 ft to 3 ft range from the SE to SSE, with periods of just 5 seconds – short period slop. The combined swell energy is weak, ranging from 19 to 57 through the whole period. Not one session breaks above a “0” score. The water temp at Condos is 84°, and that’s 0.9° above average for this time of year, so nothing unusual there – just bathwater.

This grim run continues day after day. Same story: moderate to fresh cross-onshore breezes, lumpy choppy water, tiny waves. There’s a brief moment on the morning of Sunday the 2nd of August where the wind goes glassy – light breeze from the east at 3 mph – and the swell bumps up a touch at 2 ft from the south with a period of 6 seconds. It’s still small and the wave comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” That’s the one glimmer in the whole outlook, and it’s only a 1 out of 10. Not exactly something to get excited about.

After that, it’s straight back into the same cross-onshore chop through the rest of the first week and into the second. There is a slight pick-up on Wednesday the 5th of August morning, with the swell hitting 3 ft from the SE at a 6-second period and the energy jumping to a moderate 124, but the wind is still cross-onshore and the waves stay messy. For the rest of the second week, it’s all 1 ft to 3 ft junk.

So, the standout – and I use that word loosely – is the glassy Sunday morning on the 2nd of August at Condos. That’s the cleanest it’ll get, with a light east breeze and a tiny south swell. But really, this is a stretch where the kite crew might have more fun than us paddle surfers. The winds are mostly cross-onshore and the waves are small and crumbly.

Stay patient. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a flat, choppy spell.

Rusty.

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