Halfpoint/Fullpoint Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again, giving you the same outlook in feet and miles per hour.

We’re looking at Halfpoint/Fullpoint, and I gotta be honest with you, it’s a grim picture. The surf is there, but the conditions are just awful for paddle surfing.

Starting Tuesday, July 7th, we’ve got a solid 8ft swell coming out of the ENE, but that ENE wind is howling at 25 mph, cross-shore, and it’s making a mess of everything. The combined wave energy is 963 (moderate), but with that short 8-second period, it’s just a lumpy, choppy mess. The report calls it “poor surf conditions,” and that’s the story for every single session.

We go through all of that first week—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday—and it’s the same sad story. Swells hang between 5ft and 8ft, the wind barely drops below 22 mph, always cross or cross-onshore. The wave energy stays in the moderate range (749, 623, 605, 564, etc.), but with that constant wind and short period, the quality is zero. No standout runs for the first eight days.

On Saturday, July 11th, the swell bumps up to 8ft in the morning with a combined energy of 905 (moderate), but again, that strong cross-shore wind at 25 mph and an 8-second period ruin it. Through the second week, the swell eases, dropping to 3ft by Wednesday, July 22nd, and the periods finally stretch out to 14 seconds on that day, which hints at a groundswell. But by then, it’s still a 19 mph cross-shore wind, so the waves will be lined up but blown out.

For beginners, that 8ft stuff is getting too big, and anything over 8ft is expert-only, but we don’t even get that high. The real killer is the wind. With that consistent cross-shore breeze and a beach or beach-and-reef setup (Halfpoint/Fullpoint), this whole run looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. There’s not one moment of glassy, clean conditions in this entire 16-day window.

So, to lay it out plain: there are no recommendations here. No standouts. It’s a long stretch of poor surf. This kind of blank run can happen in this area, but you’d be better off waiting for a wind change.

Rusty, signing off.

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