Fox Hill Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's be straight with you: the next 16 days around Fox Hill Point are looking pretty bleak. I’ve scanned the charts, and honestly, there’s nothing to get excited about. We’re looking at a long stretch of poor surf conditions stretching from the 24th of July all the way through to the 8th of August, with no real windows of quality. The swell is tiny, the wind is mostly junk, and the energy is weak.

The best we can say is that on the morning of the 26th of July, we get a bit of onshore wind with a 3 ft SE swell, but the period is a short 7 seconds, and the combined energy is only 76 (weak). Not worth the drive. The winds are onshore, so it’s not going to be clean. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual.

Through the rest of the period, it’s the same story. The swell stays small, rarely cracking 3 ft, and the period stays short, mostly 7 seconds. The wind is nearly always cross-onshore or onshore, keeping things choppy and messy. There are a few glassy moments, like the morning of the 2nd of August, but the swell is a pathetic 1 ft with a combined energy of just 35 (weak). That’s a flat spell, not a surf session.

The only slight uptick is on the 6th of August, where the afternoon sees a bump in swell to 5 ft, but it’s a short period windswell of 5 seconds, and the combined energy climbs to 114 (moderate). The wind is light cross-onshore, so it’s not clean, and the short period makes it a bumpy, jumbled mess. That’s a kite surfer’s day, not a paddle surfer’s.

For a fairly consistent reef break that needs a clean SE swell, this is a total blank run. It’s a tough spell, but in this area, a poor run like this is more normal than unusual. The forecasts can change, but right now, I’d leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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