Dolphinarium Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks. Rusty here. Gonna be a tough one for the next couple of weeks. Let's get into it.

The truth is, this 16-day stretch is pretty bleak for anything decent. There’s a big, long gap of flat, poor-quality surf from now until the tail end of the period. Don’t get your hopes up for the first week and a half.

We’re looking at tiny, weak swell from the WNW for the most part. The combined energy is really low, barely breaking 90 (91) at the start, and then just dropping into the teens and twenties. That’s not enough to push a ripple. The period is short, around 6 to 7 seconds, so the waves will be weak and crumbly. The only small mercy is that the wind is often light or cross-off in the mornings, keeping things clean, but with no size, it doesn’t matter.

The only break on the cards is Dolphinarium. It’s a beginner-friendly spot, but it’s going to be a ghost town for weeks. The swell direction is WNW, but the optimum swell direction for this spot is NW, so it’s not even a great match. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing to write home about.

From Thursday the 9th right through to the morning of Monday the 21st of July, there’s nothing. Zero. Zilch. The forecasts are all showing "poor surf conditions" with scores of 0 out of 10. You’d be wasting your time.

There is a tiny glimmer of hope way out there. The morning of Tuesday, July 21st and Wednesday, July 22nd at Dolphinarium, we get a slight bump. The swell size picks up to 3 ft and 3 ft. The combined energy finally gets a little life (67 on the 22nd). The period is still short (7 seconds), but the wind is a light cross-off from the SW, keeping the surface clean. The descriptions even say "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions". It’s still small, but it’s the best on offer for the whole outlook. For a beginner, that might be a tiny window to get a few limp, soft ones. Don’t expect anything special.

After that, it fades again. The morning of Friday, July 24th, has a glassy 2 ft wave, but it looks like it’s already fading.

So, overall, it’s a classic blank run. We’ve got a 12-day stretch of nothing, then two mediocre mornings to save the outlook. It’s not unusual for this area, but it’s frustrating. The set-up is so small and weak that even the kite surfers wouldn't be bothered.

Rusty.

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