Davidson Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let's have a look at what's on offer around Davidson Point. It's a south-facing reef setup, so it'll be pulling in the southern hemi groundswell. The water's sitting at 79°, which is pretty bang on average for this time of year.

We've got a bit of a slow start, with no real standouts for a day or two, but then things get going properly. The first proper call is this Saturday, July 4th. It's small but bloody lovely. We're looking at 2ft of clean S swell with a super-long 21 second period. That's proper groundswell, and with glassy conditions and a light SE air, it's going to be as clean as a whistle. The combined wave energy is moderate at 585, so there's a bit of push. This is the pick of the opening weekend.

That quality holds into Sunday morning, July 5th. The swell ticks up slightly to 3ft from the SSW, still carrying a long 18 second period. The wind swings to a light easterly cross-off, so shape will be good. It’s consistent and clean.

Monday July 6th has similar 3ft SSW swell with 16 second periods. The morning is clean with an offshore breeze, but the afternoon picks up a bit of breeze. Still a great run of small, clean waves.

We get a little bump Tuesday July 7th afternoon with a 6ft E swell, but that period drops to 7 seconds. It’s a bit of a short-period wind swell, but with offshore wind, it'll be clean.

From Wednesday July 8th through to the end of the first week, it turns into a period of E short-period swell in the 5ft to 7ft range, with periods of just 7 seconds. These are choppier, less sexy waves. Not bad by any means – the winds are light and clean – but it’s not the classy groundswell we started with. The wave energy drops from moderate to lower-end moderate over this stretch.

We get a return to form on Sunday July 12th. The morning glass-off sees a jump in quality with 2ft of SW swell, a very long 16 second period, and glassy conditions. The afternoon gets a 6ft E swell under offshore NE wind.

The second week looks promising, though a bit further out. The standout might be Monday July 13th. The morning is glassy with 5ft of short period swell, and the afternoon is looking special: 5ft of E swell with a 8 second period, and glassy conditions from a light northerly. The combined energy is strong at 839.

The 14th and 15th of July see a nice shift, with 3ft of long-period W groundswell (16 seconds). The conditions are mostly glassy. That's the kind of long-period swell that's going to wrap nicely into this south-facing reef.

We'll finish off the outlook with another decent call for Saturday July 18th: 4ft E swell, 8 second period, light cross-off wind. It’s not the biggest, but it’ll be clean and ridable.

Overall, don't get too excited about the short-period stuff in the middle, but the true standouts are the opening weekend and that Monday/Tuesday in the second week. For a first call, get out there on Saturday July 4th – it's small but it's pure.

Rusty.

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