Cunns Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright mate, Rusty here with a long look at the Cunns reef. It’s a bit of a slow burner for the first week, but we’ve got a couple of absolute corkers hiding in the second week if you’ve got the patience and the skill for it.

Right off the bat, the water temp is sitting at a balmy 61°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year. No surprises there.

The first few days are a write-off, honestly. Sunday the 19th and Monday the 20th are plagued by messy cross-onshore winds and the swell is small and weak. You wouldn’t even bother paddling out. The combined energy is a paltry 234 for Sunday morning—barely a ripple.

Tuesday the 21st afternoon is our first little flicker of hope. The wind goes glassy offshore from the WNW, but the swell is only 4 ft from the SW with a shortish period. It’s a marginal call at best.

Then we get a tease on Thursday the 23rd. The swell jumps to 7-7 ft from the SW, and the wind is clean cross-off, but the forecast calls it marginal. The combined energy is strong though, clocking in at 1806. It might be worth a look if you’re desperate, but the real gem comes on Friday the 24th. That morning is the standout of the first week. Glassy conditions, a clean 5 ft SW groundswell with a 14-second period. The combined energy is a solid 1077. This will be the best, most pleasant surf of the early run. The reef should be working nicely with that long period, but remember, Cunns can be inconsistent, and it’s an advanced spot only.

After that, it goes flat and poor again through the weekend and into the early part of the second week. There’s a massive gap of poor surf from the 25th right through to the 31st. A lot of strong, messy wind and big, junky swell.

Hold onto your board for Sunday the 2nd of August. This is the big one. This is the true standout of the entire forecast. Sunday afternoon is looking at a massive 10 ft swell from the WSW with an incredibly long 21-second period. The combined energy is a whopping 6965—that’s serious, heavy water. The wind is a clean cross-off. This is expert territory only; over 8 ft and that kind of period will make it a freight train. The direction is a perfect match for Cunns’ optimum SW swell. This is a proper, groundswell bomb. It will be clean, powerful, and absolutely pumping. For the experienced crew, this is the session you wait for.

Monday the 3rd of August holds a solid, clean 7 ft SW swell too, still with good period. It’s another excellent opportunity for those who know what they’re doing on the reef.

So, to sum it up: the first week is mostly a dud with a nice, clean session on Friday the 24th for a warm-up. Then the entire second week starts poor until that absolute monster on Sunday the 2nd of August. That is your date to circle.

Rusty.

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