Fare Left Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a proper look at what’s on the table for Fare Left over the next couple of weeks. It’s a mixed bag, so don’t go getting your hopes up too early.

The first half of the outlook is rough. We’ve got a real dry spell from now right through until late in the second week. The surf quality scores are low, and the wind is mostly cross or onshore, making a mess of things. For a reef setup like this, a cross-offshore is what we want, but we’re not seeing that for a while.

The real standout window starts to open up around Wednesday, July 16th. Now we’re talking. The swell picks up to a solid 8ft from the SSW with a period of 14 seconds – that’s a proper groundswell with some serious grunt. The combined energy hits 2907 (strong to very strong wave energy). The wind swings to a clean cross-offshore from the SSE. It’s still big, over 8ft, so this one’s strictly for the advanced crew. The wave comment says “clean,” and the direction is right in the SW optimum for Fare Left. This is the one to circle.

That quality carries into Thursday, July 17th, with another 8ft day and cross-off winds, still clean. The energy is still massive at 2615. Friday, July 18th, drops a touch to 8ft, but the wind holds clean and the period stays at 12 seconds. All of this is for experts only, but it’s the best run of the forecast.

After that, we see a drop in size but a real treat. On Sunday, July 20th, the swell fades to 5ft from the S, but the wind goes full offshore from the E at 19 mph. That’s fresh, clean, and glassy conditions. Then into Tuesday, July 22nd, we get a nice 3ft SSE swell with a longer 12-second period, light offshore winds, and the forecast says “expect very good surf conditions.” The energy is moderate at 728. That’s a fun, mellow day for the intermediate surfers to get a piece.

The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing too unusual to report.

Right, the pick of the litter is July 16th and July 17th for the big, clean groundswell. Get your step-up board ready. The smaller, cleaner days on the 20th and 22nd are a great backup.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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