Emery s Left Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at the charts for Emery’s Left.

Honestly, the next couple of weeks are a bit of a write-off. We've got a long stretch of poor conditions ahead. The swell is there, but it never really comes together with clean wind and good quality. This isn't a total shock for the area when the dice don't roll your way.

Let’s start with this afternoon, Tuesday the 28th of July. There’s some swell in the water, about 4ft from the SW with a very long period of 17 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy, clocking a moderate 964. The water here is 74°, which is way warmer than usual for this time of year – over three degrees above average, pretty unusual. But the wind is a light cross-onshore from the WSW, keeping things from being glassy. The forecast scores are low, and the comment calls it marginal. It’s not going to be clean.

The rest of that week looks similar. Wednesday through Friday mornings and afternoons all see light onshore or cross-onshore winds. Swell stays around 4ft to 5ft, with periods dropping from 16 seconds down to 13 seconds. Wave energy remains moderate. The crowds are always a factor here, but with the quality being this marginal, it might be less of an issue.

Then we hit a real flat spot. From Saturday the 1st of August all the way through to Monday the 10th of August, the conditions are rated as poor. Swell heights tumble below 2ft, and the wave energy drops into the low hundreds – weak stuff. The wind stays light but mostly onshore or cross-onshore. There’s no real standout session at all during this long gap. It's a solid ten days of not worth paddling out.

There is a small flicker right at the very end of the outlook. On Wednesday the 12th of August, the swell picks up slightly to 3ft from the SW, period at 16 seconds, and the combined energy climbs back into the 500s. Still, the wind is a gentle cross-onshore from the WSW, and the forecast calls it marginal. It's a long way off and not something to get excited about.

So, for this 16-day window, there are no true standouts. The best of a bad bunch is probably this afternoon or tomorrow morning, but even then, the onshore wind kills the quality for a left-hand reef like this that needs clean conditions. If you’re a kite surfer, the consistent light onshore breeze and small, clean lines might look more appealing than it does for a paddle surfer.

Rusty, signing off.

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