Domes (Rincon) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's talk about what's on the menu at Rincon.

Look, I'm not gonna sugarcoat it – this is a tough stretch for the next two weeks. We're looking at a flat spell to start, and I mean flat. The first real bump of any kind shows up on Tuesday, July 7th, but it’s just a tiny 0.3ft from the East with weak energy (2). The water is sitting at a toasty 84°F, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, so at least the water's nice if you want a swim.

For the next week, from Tuesday the 7th right through to Saturday the 11th, we've got tiny surf and ordinary conditions. Most of the time the swell is around 2ft to 4ft, but it's all short-period windswell. The energy readings are all over the place, but mostly weak – you'll see numbers like 118 on the afternoon of the 7th, but that's not translating to quality. Winds are mostly cross or cross-off, but the wave quality is consistently poor.

The first really interesting window that gets my attention is mid-week the following week. On Wednesday morning, July 15th, conditions look clean with a cross-offshore breeze from the NE at 9 mph. We get some modest energy (115) coming in with a 4ft swell from the NE at 6 seconds. It's not a standout by any stretch, but it might be the best we see. Then Thursday morning the 16th holds some very ordinary but surfable waves, and Friday morning July 17th looks promising with glassy conditions, a 3ft NE swell, and decent energy (76). The afternoon picks up to 4ft NE with 98 energy and clean conditions.

If I had to pick the best of a thin bunch, I'm looking at Friday afternoon, July 17th. It's not a classic Rincon day, but the 4ft NE swell with that cross-offshore breeze should produce some clean, weak little lines. The crowd at Domes is often thick, so expect company. For a beginner, the waves stay under 5ft all through the period, so it's manageable.

After that, the energy drops right off again going into the weekend of the 18th and 19th. We're back to tiny, weak swell. The combined energy plummets to single digits or low twenties. The good news? On the 19th, we get glassy conditions again in the morning, but with only 2ft on offer, it's more of a paddle than a surf.

The run continues flat through to the end of the forecast on Wednesday, July 22nd. No standouts, no real juice. For a point break like Domes, this lack of consistent swell is just part of the character here – it doesn't stay poor forever, but this is a quiet period.

Rusty.

Read more