Duckpool Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s been going on around here.

Alright, so look, I gotta be straight with you – for Duckpool Bay, the next 16 days are a tough watch. There’s really nothing on the table that’s worth getting excited about. The whole run is looking pretty flat and scruffy. We’ve got a lot of days with weak swell and messy wind, which is not what you want to hear.

Kicking off from Monday the 20th of July, it’s a non-starter. We’ve got a tiny 0.3ft swell out of the southwest with a super long 18-second period, but with a cross wind and hardly any energy (30) it’s just not doing anything. Water temp is sitting at 64°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only positive.

Tuesday the 21st offers a glimmer in the morning with a bit of a cleaner look – 1ft from the west with a light cross-off breeze. But the period drops right off to 10 seconds, and the energy is low (41). It’s surfable, but only just.

Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd are pretty much write-offs. The swell bumps up to 3ft on Wednesday, but it’s a 5-second windswell from the north with onshore and cross-onshore winds – it’s just chop. Thursday morning goes glassy with 2ft swell but again, it’s a short-period 5-second north-northwest windswell, and there’s just no power in it (35). Poor.

The rest of the first week and into the second is more of the same. We get a little bump in size on Sunday the 26th of July with 4ft from the west, and the energy gets up to 119 – moderate – but it comes with a 6-second period and fresh cross-onshore wind. It’s lumpy and messy.

We stay in that 4ft range into Monday the 27th of July, still with onshore cross-winds and short periods. The energy peaks at 147, which sounds okay, but the quality just isn’t there for a paddle. Honestly, with that kind of wind and a beach setup, a kite surfer would have a much better time than a surfer.

Towards the end of the run, we get another glassy morning on Wednesday the 29th of July, but the swell is down to 1ft. There is a morning on Thursday the 30th of July with a light east breeze going offshore, and a 1ft west swell with a decent 10-second period – but again, it’s tiny. Clean, but tiny.

There’s not a single standout session in this whole 16-day window. It’s a long quiet spell for Duckpool Bay. For an area that can be fairly reliable, this run is a real bummer, but these blank stretches do happen. Keep an eye on it – forecasts change.

Rusty.

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