Depressions Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’ll level with you. This is a tough one to call, and I’m not gonna sugarcoat it. The next 16 days at Depressions are looking pretty flat and pretty grim. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak swell and mostly onshore or cross-onshore wind, which means the waves are going to be messy and uninviting for most of the period.

Things start off on Monday, 27 July, with a bit of swell in the water – around 3 ft from the SSW, with a long period of 18 seconds, so there’s some energy there (670). But the wind is onshore from the SW, and the conditions are described as marginal. The water temp is about average for the time of year. It’s not totally flat, but it’s not good. It’s frustrating. The combined energy (670) is moderate, but the wind is just killing it.

Tuesday through Thursday (28-30 July) are much the same: small swell (2 ft to 3 ft), short-ish periods dropping from 17 down to 15 seconds, and light onshore breezes. The combined energy drops from 689 down to 320. It’s poor, mate. Not worth a paddle.

Friday, 31 July, the morning shows a 3 ft SSE swell with a period of 13 seconds, and the wind goes light from the SW at 3 mph, but it’s still onshore. The afternoon is a little bigger at 3 ft from the S, but the wind picks up to 9 mph and it’s messy. This is all “poor surf conditions” territory.

Saturday and Sunday, 1-2 August, it’s the same story. Small, weak, onshore. The swell direction shifts to the WNW on the Sunday with a period of 8-9 seconds, which is really short period, sloppy windswell. Combined energy drops to 204 and 225. Not worth your time.

The first real chance of anything half-decent, and I mean *half-decent*, comes on Tuesday, 4 August, in the morning. The wind finally goes glassy – a light offshore from the SSW at 3 mph. The swell is only 2 ft from the W at 9 seconds. The combined energy is weak at 120, but it’s clean. The waves will be small, weak, and very ordinary, as the file says. It’s surfable, but don’t expect much. It’s a small window of clean conditions in a sea of bad.

After that, from Wednesday, 5 August, all the way through to Tuesday, 11 August, the swell drops right off (1 ft to 2 ft) and the wind is back onshore. The periods get long again (14-21 seconds) but there’s no height to work with. Combined energy sits between 59 and 279 – weak to very weak. The 21-second period on Thursday, 6 August afternoon is a long period groundswell, but at 1 ft, it’s practically a ripple. This is a long, blank run of poor conditions.

So, overall, there’s one standout moment, and it’s a very quiet one: Tuesday morning, 4 August at Depressions. If you’re desperate for a paddle and you’ve got a longboard or a foamie, you might get some clean little 2 ft waves under glassy skies. It’s not a classic, but it’s the best on offer. The rest of the period is a write-off. For a spot that’s fairly consistent, this is a rough stretch, but it won’t stay this way forever.

Rusty.

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