Cottons Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what Cottons Point is cookin’ up over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be honest with ya, this stretch looks pretty grim for the most part – a real flat spell with dodgy winds. There’s barely a session worth paddling out for. We’ve got a 16-day outlook here, and the first sign of any half-decent surf is a no-show right from the get-go.

Ain’t much to get excited about at this reef and point set-up. The whole run is plagued by marginal conditions or just plain poor surf. We’ve got a few days here and there with some knee-high slop from the SSW, but it’s almost always crossed-up or choppy. There’s a brief window on the morning of Tuesday, 7th July, where we get a light breeze and clean-looking offshore wind from the SW, with swell around 4 ft at 18 seconds. The combined energy is decent (837), but the forecast score says it’s still marginal – likely a tide issue spoiling the party. That’s the closest we get to a highlight, but it’s not a standout. The crowds can be there sometimes, and with such weak quality, it’s hard to recommend.

After that, we go into a long stretch of nothing. From Friday, 10th July, right through to Sunday, 20th July, it’s pretty much all poor. The swell drops to under 3 ft, mostly 1 ft to 3 ft, with periods all over the place – some short 8-second junk, some long 18-second groundswell. The wind just won’t cooperate, staying cross-on or onshore from the WSW, S, or SSW. By the second week, the energy is weak, with values mostly under 400 (e.g. 178, 190). On the morning of 16th July, there’s a weird spike of 3 ft from the west, but it’s only an 8-second period – that’s just windswell bump, messy and poor.

The water temp at the start is 68°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for the time of year – that’s a small win, I guess. But man, this is a tough run. With the swell so small and the winds so crossed, it’s barely worth suiting up. Even the long-period swells (15 to 18 seconds) should hold some shape at a reef and point, but with the size so tiny and the wind always on it, they’ll just be bumpy lines. If you’re a die-hard, the early morning of Tuesday, 7th July with the offshore SW breeze and 4 ft at 18 seconds is your only real sniff – but even then, it’s a gamble. The rest of it? Honestly, the setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddler. The forecast can change, but as it stands, this is a big ol’ blank run for the area.

Rusty.

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