Embare Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the menu for the next couple of weeks at Embare. It’s a sheltered spot, so it takes a bit of a specific swell direction to wake it up, and we’re looking at a pretty quiet stretch ahead.

The water is sitting at 68°F which is a touch warmer than average for the time of year, nothing too wild.

The first real chance to get wet comes on Saturday the 25th of July. It’s not much to write home about – a small 3 ft swell from the SSE pushing through with a period of 9 seconds. The energy is pretty weak (167). The big plus here is the morning: it’s glassy with zero wind, so the surface will be like a mirror. The waves are just surfable, very ordinary. Saturday afternoon turns a bit messy with a light onshore breeze.

Sunday the 26th sees the swell drop to 2 ft, but the period stretches out to a long 14 seconds from the south. That’s a proper groundswell for a sheltered spot, and the energy picks up a notch (244). The morning is glassy again, clean. It’ll be a small, slow, long-period wave – better for a point or reef setup, but at Embare it might just be a bit too straight and walled. Still, a glassy morning with a hint of push is worth a look.

Monday the 27th is a similar story: 2 ft, but the period drops to 8 seconds, taking the energy with it (102). Glassy morning again, but it’s a short, weak little wave.

After that, we hit a long dry spell. From Tuesday the 28th of July all the way through to the end of the month, and into the first days of August, it’s a succession of tiny, weak swells, often with onshore or cross-shore wind. There’s a few glassy mornings in there, but the swell is too small to do anything with – we’re talking 1 ft to 2 ft. The energy readings are in the 30s, 40s, 60s – just nothing.

We finally see a pulse of life on Monday the 3rd of August. The morning brings a 2 ft south-southeast swell with a very long 15-second period. The energy jumps up to 253. Again, it’s dead calm and glassy. This is the standout of the whole window. It’s a long-period groundswell (over 15 seconds), so it’ll have plenty of grunt for its size, but at a beach break it might break a bit too fast and straight. The sets will be fat and slow, but the paddle out will be easy. Don’t expect a barrel, but for a small wave, it’ll be the best looking one we’ve seen.

Tuesday the 4th of August carries a similar theme: 3 ft from the SSE at 11 seconds, glassy morning, energy of 260. It’s a solid little morning session.

The rest of the forecast into the second week is a return to the same story: small, weak, and often wind-affected. The swell direction stays stubbornly from the south or east-southeast, and the size rarely gets above 2 ft. The morning of Thursday the 6th might be glassy on a 2 ft wave, but it's short period and low energy.

So, if you’re keen, your best bet is the glassy morning of Saturday the 25th, and the glassy mornings on Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th of August. Those are the only sessions that have a pulse and clean conditions. The rest is a waiting game.

Rusty.

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