Estaleiro Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's have a look at what's on offer for Estaleiro Reef over the next couple of weeks.

To be straight with you, the first few days are a bit of a write-off. Thursday the 23rd is flat and messy, not worth paddling out for. The real action doesn't kick in until Friday morning, the 24th. That's where things get interesting. We've got a solid pulse of 6ft swell wrapping in from the SSE, with a moderate combined energy of 672 – that's a decent push of power. The wind is a light cross-offshore, which should keep the reef face reasonably clean. The swell period is 9 seconds, so it's a mix of ground and wind swell, but it'll have some shape. This is the standout window of the whole forecast. The water temp is sitting around 65°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Saturday morning the 25th drops off a bit to 3ft from the ESE, but the wind swings to a clean offshore from the WNW. Light breeze, clean conditions. The energy is moderate at 177. It's surfable, but nothing compared to Friday. The rest of that weekend and into the following week is small – we're talking 2ft to 3ft for days on end. There's a gap of poor to ordinary surf from Saturday afternoon right through until the end of the month. Some of those days have glassy conditions, like the 31st of July and the 2nd of August, but the swell is just too weak to get excited about. The energy is dipping into the double digits, barely 50 to 80.

Then we get a little flicker of hope on the 3rd of August, Monday morning. A 4ft SSE groundswell rolls in with a period of 11 seconds, energy at 362. The wind is cross-onshore, though, so it's not going to be clean. It's a marginal call. The 4th of August, Tuesday morning, looks better with a clean offshore from the NW and 3ft of ESE swell at 10 seconds. That's a solid secondary option. The energy is moderate at 226, and the wind is light offshore. That morning could be a fun, smaller session. After that, the pattern fades back into the small stuff through to the end of the outlook.

The real standout is Friday morning the 24th of July. That's the one to circle on the calendar. It's not huge, but for a reef that's inconsistent, it's a rare treat. The rest of the window is either small or blown out, so don't hold your breath for the second week.

Rusty.

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