Devereux Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it's gonna be a lean run at Devereux. We've got a long stretch of small, weak, and often messy surf ahead. The first proper recommendation doesn't even pop up until Saturday the 4th of July, and even then, it's nothing to write home about. Before that, the swell is tiny, the energy is low, and the conditions are just flat-out poor. You're looking at a gap of a couple of days with basically nothing worth paddling out for.

For the first real highlight, let's talk about Saturday the 4th of July. Early morning at Devereux, there's a glassy window with the wind swinging light out of the SSW at just 3 mph. That's about as clean as it gets. Swell is a tiny 2 ft from the SSW, with a long 14-second period, giving it a bit of push. The combined energy sits at 239 (moderate). It's small, it's clean, and for a few hours, you might get a couple of fun ones. The water temp is sitting at a touch warmer than normal for the time of year at 64°, so you won't need the thickest wetsuit.

Now, we see a bit of a pulse of energy building through the middle of the week starting Monday the 6th. The combined swell energy climbs into the three-figure range, hitting 465 (moderate) by Tuesday morning the 7th, and peaking at 616 (strong) by the morning of Wednesday the 8th. The swell height is still only around 2 ft to 3 ft, coming from the SSW with a nice long period of 16-18 seconds. This is proper groundswell, but the problem is the wind. It's onshore or cross-onshore most of the time, making it choppy and poor. Wednesday afternoon the 8th sees a shift, with a shorter period 4 ft swell from the WNW (9-second period) and a combined energy of 554 (moderate), but again, the wind is cross-onshore, so it's not doing us any favours. For the skilled surfer, there might be a sneaky window on Thursday morning the 9th with a lighter onshore breeze and 4 ft of WNW swell (499 combined energy), but the quality is still marginal. Honestly, unless you're desperate, it's more of a kite-surfing setup than a clean paddle session – the wind and swell combo just isn't clicking for clean waves.

Looking further out into the second week, the pattern doesn't change much. We're still stuck with small swells, mostly under 2 ft, and persistent onshore or cross-onshore breezes. There's a tiny window on Sunday afternoon the 12th where we get a light cross-offshore wind from the NNW at 6 mph, making conditions clean, but with only 2 ft of SSW swell, it's barely surfable. The energy is low (215). After that, it's more of the same – small, weak, and choppy right through to the end of the forecast on Saturday the 18th of July. The combined energy dips back down to under 200, which tells you there's just no punch in the water.

So, the standout window, if you can call it that, is really that Saturday morning, the 4th of July. For a brief moment, with glassy conditions and that long-period SSW swell, Devereux might just offer a couple of clean, fun ones. It's a reef and point break that's fairly consistent, but it can get busy – crowds are often there, so you'll want to be early. Beyond that, it's a waiting game. The forecasts can change, but right now, it looks like a long, flat spell with only marginal windows.

Stay patient, keep an eye on the charts, and don't force it.

Rusty.

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