Emerald Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I'm looking at the charts for Emerald Beach. I gotta be straight with you from the start: it's a pretty grim outlook for us. There are no standout days in the whole 16-day window where it all comes together. A long stretch of nothing much.

The good news, if you can call it that, is the water temperature is sitting around a normal 67°, so a wetsuit is all you'll need. But that's about where the positives end.

Let's walk through it. Starting from Tuesday the 28th of July through to the end of the month, it's tiny and weak. We're looking at swell heights of just 1.0 ft to 2.0 ft from the ENE or NE. The energy is super weak, with readings like 5 and 27 on the scale—just not enough to push you down the point. Mostly light winds, some offshores, but with no waves, it's a flat spell.

We go through the first week of August in similar fashion. By Sunday morning the 2nd of August, we see a slight bump to 3.6 ft from the E with a period of 6 seconds. The energy lifts to 97, which is still feeble, and the conditions are clean. It's surfable, but "very ordinary" as the notes say. That's the best we get for a while, and it's not saying much. The following days are all tiny again, with mixed winds. Monday the 3rd sees a cross-onshore mess with NNW wind at 15 km/h. It’s no good.

Then we get a glimpse of something different way out at the end. On Tuesday the 11th of August, the swell comes up to 4.3 ft from the NNE, and the energy jumps to 178. That's moderate energy. The period is only 7 seconds, so it's a weaker, short-period windswell. The problem is the wind. In the morning, it's a meagre 5 km/h from the WNW, giving us a cross-breeze and clean-ish conditions. But by the afternoon, the wind swings onshore from the NE at 15 km/h and it gets ruined. It's still the most significant size we'll see, but the quality isn't there. For a point break, a NNE swell isn't ideal, and the short period won't give much shape.

Honestly, for nearly two weeks, the best recommendation is to find something else to do. The break itself is fairly consistent, so when the weather patterns shift, it'll turn on. But for now, if you're at Emerald Beach, don't expect to paddle out. If the wind stays up, it'll be more of a kitesurfing set-up with that onshore breeze and some chop.

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