Constantine Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Constantine Bay. I’ve got to be straight with you – the next week and a half is a bit of a grind. The pattern is a whole lot of wind-affected, messy swell with very little that’s worth getting wet for. The first real sniff of anything decent doesn’t show up until Friday the 31st of July, and even that’s a low-energy affair. After that, we’ve got a gap of poor conditions all the way through to the 5th of August, which is a solid stretch of nothing.

Starting off, Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th of July are a write-off. We’ve got a small, short-period swell around 2ft to 7ft from the WNW, but it’s all cross-on and onshore wind, with a combined energy of only 31 to 395 (weak to moderate). The water temperature is about average for the time of year, so nothing unusual there. The whole thing is a mess – choppy, lumpy, and just poor. Not worth a second look.

Monday the 27th through to Thursday the 30th of July is more of the same. The swell drops right off to 2ft to 2ft, with combined energy falling to as low as 38 (weak). The wind is still cross-on or cross-shore, keeping the surface bumpy. There’s nothing to recommend here.

Now, Friday the 31st of July is the first time we see a bit of a change. The wind swings around to a cross-offshore direction from the NE and NNE, and that cleans things up nicely. The swell is small, coming from the SSW and SW at 3ft to 5ft with a short period of 5 to 7 seconds. The combined energy jumps to 236 (moderate) in the afternoon. It’s surfable, but only just. The morning is a 1 out of 10, the afternoon a 1 out of 10 – it’s marginal. Still, if you’re desperate, that’s your window.

Then we hit a dry spell. Saturday the 1st of August to Sunday the 9th of August is mostly poor, with the wind turning onshore or cross-on again. The swell stays tiny, mostly under 2ft, and the combined energy is weak. The only standout in this whole 16-day window is the morning of Wednesday the 5th of August. Overnight, a big pulse of swell arrives. The swell height hits 8ft from the west with a 9-second period, and the combined energy rockets up to 1064 (strong). The wind is cross-offshore from the NE, so it’s clean. This is a big session – but it’s only for experts. Over 8ft, that’s a heavy wave, and this is a beach and reef setup, so it’ll be powerful. The afternoon gets even bigger at 10ft, with combined energy of 1365 (very strong), but the wind shifts to a cross-shore, making it a bit more of a mess. For the dedicated crew, the morning of the 5th is the one wave to chase.

After that, it drops back into small, weak, and wind-affected conditions through to the 9th of August. There’s a hint of a clean, cross-offshore breeze on the morning of the 9th, but with a swell of only 1ft from the SSW, there’s hardly any energy to work with.

So, the true standout is the morning of Wednesday the 5th of August. Big west swell (8ft), clean cross-offshore wind, and strong energy. That’s the one to circle on your calendar. The rest of the run is either poor or flat.

Rusty.

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