Duckpool Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Duckpool Bay has in store for us over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you, it's a pretty grim outlook overall, with very little to get excited about.

We kick things off on Thursday, July 2nd, with a bit of a pulse, but it's not one for the log. We're looking at a 7ft west swell, but it's only an 8-second period and the wind is a messy cross-onshore from the NNW at 15 mph. The water's sitting at 63°, which is a fair bit warmer than normal for this time of year. The combined energy is moderate at 527, but conditions are poor and choppy, so it's a write-off. That afternoon drops to 5ft, still cross-onshore and poor.

Friday the 3rd, the swell drops to 4ft, but the wind swings onshore from the west. Not great. This pattern of onshore wind and small, weak swell just keeps rolling on through the weekend and into the start of the next week. By Sunday the 5th, we're down to 2ft west swell with cross-onshore winds. The combined energy is dropping into the weak zone (101). Things stay flat and ordinary all the way through to Wednesday the 8th.

Now, there's a little flicker of hope on Thursday the 9th of July. The swell is still tiny at 2ft from the west, but finally, the wind turns offshore from the ESE. It's clean, but the wave energy is very weak (63). It's surfable, but only just. That offshore wind hangs in on Friday the 10th, and we even see a little spike in the afternoon with a 4ft swell from the NNW, though the period is a short 5 seconds. The combined energy jumps to 132, which is moderate, but it's still pretty ordinary.

After that, things just die off completely. From the 11th of July onwards, we're looking at a solid week of tiny, often non-existent surf. A few days have some long-period, 17-second waves on the 11th, but they're only 0.3ft to 1.0ft. You can't surf that. The wind does blow offshore from the east on the 11th, gusting to 19 mph, which is strong and clean, but with zero swell, there's nothing to ride. The rest of the week through to the 17th is a washout of tiny, weak swells and messy cross-shore winds.

So, what's the best on offer? Honestly, there's no standout here. If you're desperate for a paddle, the cleanest windows are on the 9th and 10th of July, when the offshore wind is blowing. But the swell is tiny, and the quality is still "very ordinary." If I had to pick one, it'd be the morning of Friday the 10th, with a clean, offshore wind from the east at 15 mph, even though the swell is only 2ft. There's just not enough energy to work with. The rest of the 16 days is a long, flat gap with no recommendations worth calling out. It's a tough run for Duckpool.

Rusty.

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