Domes (Rincon) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s on offer.

Well, I gotta be straight with you – the next 16 days are looking pretty flat and uninspiring for the most part. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak energy and not much to get excited about. The first real chance for a paddle comes later, but we’ll walk through it day by day.

Kicking off on Friday the 24th of July, the swell is tiny at 2 ft from the NE with a short 7-second period. The combined energy is only 27 (weak), and while the morning is glassy with a light N wind, the waves are just too poor to bother. The afternoon picks up a bit of a cross-off breeze but still no surf to speak of.

Saturday the 25th sees a slight bump in the morning – 2 ft from the NE, 8-second period, energy at 50. But the wind is cross-on from the NNW, and the report says poor surf conditions. The afternoon gets a little bigger at 3 ft from the NE, but the period drops to 7 seconds and the energy is still weak at 89. It’s surfable but very ordinary.

Sunday the 26th is glassy in the morning with a 2 ft NE swell, but the energy is only 45. The afternoon is a write-off – tiny 0.7 ft from the NNE, 5-second period, and a cross-on breeze making it choppy.

Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th are both glassy mornings but with tiny waves – 1 ft and 2 ft, energy in the teens and twenties. Nothing worth suiting up for.

Wednesday the 29th has a glassy morning with a 0.7 ft ENE swell, but the afternoon shows a little more life: 4 ft from the NE, 7-second period, and the combined energy hits 103 (moderate). The wind is cross-off from the ENE, so it’s clean. It’s surfable but still very ordinary. This is the best we’ve seen so far, but that’s not saying much.

Thursday the 30th is more of the same – small morning, a 3 ft NE swell in the afternoon with energy at 88, clean but underwhelming.

The rest of the week and into the start of August is a real drought. From Friday the 31st through to Tuesday the 4th of August, we’re looking at tiny swells, mostly under 2 ft, with weak energy and poor surf conditions. The morning of the 4th is clean with a 2 ft NE swell, but the energy is only 31 – not enough to grab a board for.

Wednesday the 5th of August is dead flat in the morning – 0.7 ft, glassy, but energy at 10. The afternoon has a 0.3 ft swell from the N with a 16-second period, but the energy is only 6. That’s a very long period groundswell, but with almost no height, it’s a tease.

The only highlight that might get a nod is Saturday the 8th of August. In the morning, we get a 2 ft NE swell with a 7-second period and the combined energy hits 101 (moderate). The wind is light cross-off from the E, so it’s clean. It’s still small, but it’s the best we’ve seen in the whole forecast. For a beginner-friendly point break like Domes (Rincon), this is about as good as it gets in this flat spell. The swell is small and weak, but the glassy conditions and offshore wind potential make it rideable for a longboard or a funboard. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual.

Crowds are possible here – it’s a consistent spot that can get busy, so don’t expect to have it to yourself.

Other than that, the whole 16-day window is a bust. The forecast is quiet, but it tends not to stay poor for long in this area – forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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