Deadman's Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for Deadman's.

Honestly, it's a bit of a mixed bag over the next two weeks. The swell is hanging around, but the conditions are pretty average for most of it. The water temp is sitting at 60°, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year – that's a nice little bonus.

The first solid stretch runs from Saturday the 25th of July through to the end of the month. Swell is mostly in the 3ft to 5ft range from the SW and SSW, with a lot of all that south-west energy. The wave energy is solid but not pumping, with moderate readings around 1385 on the Saturday morning, dropping into the 700–900 range later. The real killer here is the wind. For most of these days, it's a cross or cross-onshore breeze from the WNW, which is keeping the surface a bit choppy and messy. It's surfable, but nothing to get too excited about. Tuesday the 28th afternoon sees a shift to a cross-offshore breeze from the NNW, cleaning it up a bit, but it's a fresh breeze at 19 mph, so it's not going to be perfect.

The standout window, and I mean the true gem in this outlook, is Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th of August. On the Tuesday afternoon, we get a glassy session with 5ft of NW swell. The periods are short at 9 seconds, so it's a bit of a weak, windswell, but the energy is still moderate at 495. The real draw is the clean, glassy surface. The NW swell is a bit off from the optimum SW direction, but for Deadman's, glassy conditions are a massive plus. On Wednesday morning the 5th, it's glassy again with 4ft of NW swell, with energy down to 275. This is the time to be out there. It won't be big, but it'll be clean and fun.

Later in the second week, around the 6th and 7th of August, we see more glassy conditions with 4ft of NW swell, but the energy is quite low at 267–306. It's a nice, small-wave option for a longboard or a funboard.

The 8th of August starts with a glassy morning and 3ft of NW swell, but the afternoon picks up to 5ft with a cross-shore breeze. The last few days of the outlook, the 9th, drop right off to tiny 1ft–2ft from the SSW, with stronger period around 16-17 seconds, but very little energy to push it.

So, in short: the first week is mostly average due to wind. The absolute best bet is Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th of August for clean, glassy waves. The 5ft on Tuesday afternoon is the pick of the size. Get on it.

Rusty.

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